Oceans News: Page 12

Robotic Fish Could Lure Other Fish From Danger (July 20, 2010): Maurizio Porfiri, an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, believes a robotic fish may one day help lure schools fish out of danger areas like those created by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

How to Beat the Grip of a Rip Current (July 15, 2010): Hempstead Town lifeguards to beachgoers at Point Lookout Beach how to surive a rip current.

Kayaker Captures Footage of Huge Basking Shark (July 12, 2010): Kayaker Craig Whalley captured this great footage of a huge basking shark off the Isle of Man.

Newly Discovered Pancake Batfish Lives in Gulf Oil Spill Region (July 8, 2010): A newly discovered species of batfish, Halieutichthys intermedius, lives in the waters completely encompassed by the Gulf oil spill.

Sandbonis Being Used to Clean Oil Covered Beaches (July 7, 2010): The AP reports that Gulf Coast crews are using sand-sifting machines called Sandbonis to help clean beaches that are covered in oil because of the BP oil disaster.

Marine Scientists Discover Rare Enteropneust Acorn Worms in Atlantic Ocean (July 7, 2010): Scientists discovered different varities of the Enteropneust acorn worm during a search of deep-sea life in the Atlantic Ocean.

Peter Benchley: Sharks Threatened by Human Beings (June 30, 2010): International conservation group WildAid has released the above photo of shark fins sold in San Francisco Chinatown.

Sea Anemone Larvae Infects Jellyfish, Gives Humans Skin Rash (June 10, 2010): Researchers at the Department of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg have been following the invasion of the American comb jellyfish, Mnemiopsis, for several years.

Osedax Mucofloris is a Bone-Eating Snot-Flower Worm (June 1, 2010): Osedax mucofloris is also known as the bone-eating snot-flower worm.

Oil Spill: Dead Sea Turtles Washing Up Along Gulf Coast (May 3, 2010): Dead sea turtles are starting to wash up along the Gulf Coast.

Solar Powered Houseboats From RAFAA, Arkup and Azura Marina (April 22, 2010): RAFAA Architecture came up with this unique houseboat design called The Last Resort. The Arkup and Aquanima are two completed solar houseboats.

World's Deepest Underwater Volcanic Vents Found in Caribbean (April 12, 2010): The BBC reports that a British scientific expedition said on Monday that it has discovered the world's deepest known underwater volcanic vents in the Caribbean.

Shrimp-like Creature Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet (March 15, 2010): Six hundred feet below a massive Antarctic ice sheet, where there is no light, NASA scientists discovered a shrimp-like creature.

The Cove Wins Oscar for Best Documentary (March 8, 2010): Best Documentary Feature winner Louie Psihoyos (second from left) and Fisher Stevens (right) for their work in The Cove backstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood last night.

Richard Ellis: Killer Whale Attack at SeaWorld Was Intentional (February 24, 2010): Dawn Brancheau, an experienced female trainer at Sea World Orlando, was fatally injured by a 12,000 bull Orca named Tilikum today.

Flatworm Penis Fencing: Fight to be the Male (September 10, 2008): Here's a video showing flatworm's penis fencing. The flatworm that manages to stab and inseminate the other becomes the father.

Scientists Worried About Lionfish Population Explosion (August 8, 2008): You have probably heard of the jellyfish invasion but scientists are also concerned about a population explosion in the number of lionfish.

Jellyfish Population Booming and Frustrating Beachgoers (August 5, 2008): There seem to reports of jellyfish problems around the Globe.

Georgia Sea Turtle Center Releases an Old Friend into the Sea (July 7, 2008): Dylan, a hatchling loggerhead sea turtle who was rescued on Jekyll Island almost 10 years ago, was released back into the ocean last week.

Tiny Pygmy Seahorses Resemble Coral (April 3, 2008): In nature there often seems to be a tinier version of many creatures.

Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales (March 20, 2008): This AP video tells the amazing story of a dolphin named Moko who rescued two straned whales.

The Mola Mola Can Gain Over 60 Million Times Its Birthweight (February 29, 2008): This Mola Mola or Ocean Sunfish is one of the largest and stangest animals found in the sea.

Strange Sightings in Ocean Depths Off Antarctica (February 19, 2008): Researchers collecting specimens off Antarctica have found strange creatures.

Coral Reefs Unlikely to Survive in Acid Oceans (December 22, 2007): We've all heard that global warming will generate devastating floods and droughts.

The Rheic Ocean (November 23, 2007): About 430 million years ago a massive ocean called the Rheic Ocean covered much of the Earth and seperated the land masses of Laurentia and Gondwana.