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semi sub

Semi Sub You can see the underwater world

Semi SUB The EGO-SE 450, or ‘Penguin’ has two floating hulls either side of a central cabin that sits below the water’s edge. The underwater cabin makes it possible to explore the ocean floor without getting wet because of [...]
Navy sonar kills dolphins

Navy Sonar Causes Massive Dolphin Deaths

Navy Sonar Kills Dolphins A four-year investigation by scientists has ruled out every other cause for the UK’s largest stranding of common dolphins in shallows off the coast of Cornwall in 2008. At the time, the area was hosting a week [...]
headless sea lion

More Headless Sea Lions Wash Ashore

Headless Sea Lions Wash ashore The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is looking for answers after a fourth headless sea lion washed up on Vancouver Island. Officials don’t know if the four decapitations in the general vicinity of Campbell [...]
jawfish Males watches eggs

Jawfish Males Protect the eggs

Jawfish Male Does the Egg watching Duty Among yellow-headed jawfish – which are mouthbrooders – it is the male that takes responsibility for looking after the eggs until they hatch.   Yellow-headed jawfish, which are found on [...]
Sea Lion Pups

Sea Lion Pups Stranded in California

Sea Lion Pups Stranded in California Pacific Marine Mammal Center This year, an unusually high number of sea lion pups have stranded on southern California’s shores, overwhelming marine mammal rehab centers. Scientists still don’t [...]
Great White Sharks Hawaii

White Sharks Migrate to Hawaii

Great White Sharks Migrate to Hawaii This is a white shark in water near Guadalupe, Mexico, which is one of the source areas for sharks that visit Hawaii. A new study has analyzed all available information on white sharks in Hawaiian waters [...]
hammerhead sharks

Hammerhead Sharks Gather in Bahamas

Hammerhead Sharks Gather in Bahamas With eyes set so wide yet on the sides of their wing-like heads, theyare forced to sway their heads from side to side as they swim in order to get apicture of what’s immediately in front of them. The [...]
Lionfish

No License needed to Kill Lionfish in Florida

  Lionfish no license needed to Kill in Florida The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed the rule change Wednesday. The FWC put a temporary rule in place last August that waived the recreational fishing license requirement [...]
octopus protection

Giant Octopus Protection in Northwest

Giant Octopus Protection in Northwest Now the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering new protections for octopuses.      Right now it’s not illegal to harvest an octopus in Puget Sound – unless you’re in a marine [...]
Coconut octopus giving birth

Coconut Octopus giving Birth Video Stunning

  Coconut Octopus Video Giving Birth… Stunning It was very mucky but, as seems to be the case when going somewhere for the first time, very productive. ‘OK’, I thought, ‘I’ve seen octopus eggs before’ so [...]
Humpack Whale hovers

Humpback Whale Hovers in Mid Air

Humpback Whale Jumps and Hovers in Mid Air No, its a baby humpback whale snapped momentsafter leaping from the sea. The 16ft creature appeared to hover above the Pacific surface as it frolickedplayfully in the ocean waves off Tongas Haapai [...]
entangled whale

NOAA sets guidelines to save entangled whales

NOAA Set Guidelines to Save Entangled Whales The larger vessel trailing the line and buoy simulates an entangled whale, and the grapple throw is part of a disentanglement training exercise. Southern, a veteran whale-watch captain, held steady [...]
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Porpoise Stranded on Rock

Porpoise Stranded on Rock VANCOUVER – Staff the Vancouver Aquarium are trying to nurse a rescued porpoise back to health after it was found stranded on a rock off Vancouver Island Tuesday night. Dr. Martin Haulena of the Aquarium says [...]
seal plays with turtle

Seal Plays with Turtle

Seal Plays with Turtle Witnesses say the juvenile female seal toyed with the turtle for more than an hour last week off Maui Oluwalu. The seal nibbled it, hugged it and even tossed the turtle into the air.Seals are pretty smart and whether [...]
inside squid

Live bomb found inside squid

Live Bomb Found inside Squid – China A fishmonger gutting a squid at his market stall in southern China was left shellshocked when he discovered a live bomb inside. The bomb, measuring 20cm in length, had been eaten by the one-metre-long [...]
pilot whales die

Pilot whales die in mass stranding

pilot Whales Die in Mass Stranding The scene at Noordhoek beach on the Atlantic coast attracted dozens of curious onlookers who eagerly snapped pictures of the creatures, as rescuers tried to hose down the surviving animals. Pilot whales are [...]
seals attacked by women

San Diego Seals Attacked by Women

Seals attacked by Women They show three men approaching and harassing the mammals as they try to rest at the ‘Children’s Pool’ in La Jolla – in two separate incidents. This comes after the city’s mayor made the [...]
prawns on beach

Chile Beach Coveredf Prawns

Grab the Butter, Millions of Prawns on Chilie Beach According to a report by AFP, millions of the small prawns are covering a beach 300 miles south of Santiago, creating giant “red spots” on the sand. Fisherman said at first the [...]
sea otter

Sea otters eat too much shelfish

Sea Otters eat too much VANCOUVER — The sea otter population on the West Coast is growing, and along with it the marine mammal’s appetite for shellfish. But as the sea otter rebounds from near extinction, First Nations and other shellfish [...]
missing camera

Do you know these People Missing Camera

Update 3/25/2013:  Camera Owner Found Missing Camera From Hawaii to China A camera that washed away on Maui in 2007 just turned up in Taiwan. That’s where memories of Maui long lost at sea surfaced from their underwater grave. The pictures [...]
starfish traffic

Starfish Traffic Jam caught on Video

Starfish have Traffic too A stunning new time-lapse video has shed some light on the dark seabed – showing a chaotic scene, reminiscent of our rush hour, as starfish bump into each other while they appear to dart across the seabed. The [...]