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Smithsonian researchers study ocean stowaways to assess their impacts
The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...
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Rare Deep-Sea “Doomsday Fish” Washed Ashore and People Are Convinced It’s a Bad Omen
A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...
River creature ‘with tiny scales buried beneath’ its skin discovered as new species
In a river of southern China, a “slender” creature with “tiny scales” under its skin paused to rest along the gravel riverbed. Its coloring helped it blend in, but not well enough. Nearby scientists ...
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SEA LIFE Florida to open at this Central Florida theme park. See where
Featuring 25 interactive exhibits including a main ocean display with a “Theme Park Under the Sea” design, the aquarium will ...
A Fiery New Island Is Rising From the Ocean – And Scientists Are Watching
A fiery force beneath the ocean is reshaping Tonga’s Home Reef, growing an island through eruptions over the past few years.
6-foot-long sea creature — with ‘sharp’ snout — discovered as new species in Colombia
Off the coast of Colombia, anglers felt something tug on their lines and hauled in a 6-foot-long sea creature with a “pointed” nose. A scientist onboard the boat snapped a photo of their catch. It ...
Rare Deep-Sea Shark Faces Extinction As Its Home Disappears
The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...