Dugongs are a marine mammal which live in warm coastal waters in the Indian Ocean and southern Pacific Ocean. They are slow-moving, long-lived, and at risk of extinction. A major risk to dugongs is …
South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary Voted Down
A proposal to create a South Atlantic whale sanctuary was voted down at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama this week. The South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary would have …
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Oceans of Garbage – Why People Are Eating Their Own Trash
Oceans of Garbage looks at the way in which we are all eating plastic through our consumption of seafood. Some of the numbers on this infographic are astonishing. Created by: MastersDegree.net …
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Sea Otter 501 Release Into the Wild
Otter 501, a southern sea otter, is the star of a film released earlier this year. Here's a short video of Otter 501's release into the wild a year ago. She looks quite …
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Moving on Up—Hermit Crabs, Vacancy Chains, and the Bigger Picture
by Kristie Lewis When we consider the hermit crab, our minds immediately go to outgrowing shells and finding bigger and better real estate on the beach. Some of us probably think of carnival prizes, …
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Seahorse Dads
Happy Father's Day! These seahorse dads go the extra mile in a parenting scheme that is unusual in the animal kingdom. Biologists studying seahorses search for them in low visibility water. In …