Oceans News: Page 7

Tiny New Fish Discovered in Southern Caribbean (June 10, 2013): A tiny new fish has been discovered in the southern Caribbean. The fish is named Haptoclinus dropi.

Scientists Find 3 Billion Year Old Plankton Microfossils (June 7, 2013): Scientists have found 3 billion year old plankton microfossils. The microfossils are 20 to 60 microns in length.

Two New Species of Octocorals Discovered (June 3, 2013): Two new species of octocorals have been identified in a new paper. A new genus.has also been assigned that was previously placed in a tropical Indo-Pacific genus.

Israeli Scientists Discover Why Soft Corals Have Unique Pulsating Motion (May 6, 2013): Israeli scientists have solved the 200-year-old mystery of why soft corals have a unique pulsating motion. Experiments revealed that the pulsating helps increase photosynthesis.

Snakelocks Anemone Bred in Captivity for the First Time (April 8, 2013): Researchers from the University of Granada announced that they have managed to breed a snakelocks anemone, (Anemonia sulcata), in captivity for the first time.

Tiny Marine Crustacean Uses Power Stroke in Cold Water (April 2, 2013): The copepod, a tiny marine crustacean, switches to a power stroke in cold water to survive.

Rare Kissing Octopus Unveiled at The California Academy Of Sciences (March 7, 2013): A rare Larger Pacific Striped Octopus has gone on display at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences.

NASA Aquarius Reveals Findings From One Year of Measuring Earth's Salty Seas (February 28, 2013): NASA has released the first full year of validated ocean surface salinity data from its Aquarius instrument, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft.

Australian Beach Town Covered in Sea Foam (January 28, 2013): Maroochydore, an urban center located on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, has been covered with sea foam.

Fukushima Fish Named Mike Has 2,500 Times Legal Limit of Radioactivity for Human Consumption (January 21, 2013): Tepco, the company that runs the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, found a fish that has 2,500 times the legal limit of radioactivity for human consumption.

The Lobed Comb Jellies Have Eight Comb Rows (January 20, 2013): This video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium shows a Lobed Comb Jelly.

Disco Clam Creates Strobe-Light Effect (January 17, 2013): New Scientist reports that Lindsey Dougherty and fellow researchers from University of California, Berkeley have discovered the disco clam (Ctenoides ales) furls and unfurls its reflective lip even when there is no light.

Huge Flame Shell Reef Discovered in Coastal Waters West of Scotland (December 27, 2012): A huge flame shell colony has been discovered in coastal waters in the west of Scotland.

Ancient Megapiranha Had Extremely Powerful Bite (December 27, 2012): Scientists say the ancient Megapiranha paranensis delivered a bite with a more powerful bite force quotient than prehistoric whale-eating sharks and Tyrannosaurus rex.

Two New Species of Encrusting Anemones Found (November 29, 2012): Two new species of encrusting anemones have been found in southern Japan and on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Carnivorous Harp Sponge Discovered Off California Coast (November 17, 2012): This extraordinary harp sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, was discovered in the deep sea off the coast of California.

Fossil of Ancient Flying Fish Discovered (November 1, 2012): Scientists have discovered the fossil of a flying fish in southwest China.

Study Finds Mother Dolphins Teach Sponging to Daughters (October 17, 2012): A group of female dolphins in in Shark Bay, Western Australia use sponges as a tool.

Deep-sea Shrimp Spews Bioluminescent Vomit to Escape Predators (October 16, 2012): Parapandalus is a deep-sea shrimp that is capable of spewing a bioluminescent fluid to escape predators.

New Species of Algae Found in Guam (October 14, 2012): Research have discovered a new species of algae in the waters of Guam that resembles turtle weed.

First Ever Video Footage of Unstudied West African Seahorse Released (October 11, 2012): Scientists from the University of British Columbia's Project Seahorse have released the first-ever footage of a little-known seahorse species, Hippocampus algiricus, commonly known as the West African seahorse.

New Purple Deep Sea Acorn Worm Named After Yoda (October 8, 2012): Researchers from the University of Aberdeen discovered a new deep sea acorn worm.

Scientists Warn Fish May Shrink by as Much as 24% by 2050 (October 1, 2012): One side effect of global warming will be smaller fishes.

Rare Albino Humpback Whale Captured on Film Off Australian Coast (September 28, 2012): A rare albino humpback whale was captured on film off the eastern coast of Australia.

Texas A&M Oceanographers Warn Millions of Unexploded Bombs in Gulf of Mexico Threaten Shipping Lanes, Oil Rigs (September 28, 2012): William Bryant and Neil Slowey, oceanography professors from Texas A&M University, are warning that tons of unexploded bombs in the Gulf of Mexico pose a serious threats to shipping lanes and the 4,000 oil and gas rigs in the Gulf.