Human Achievements
Tag · Marine Biology
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Human Achievements
'Pink Zebra' Seaweed Confirmed New Species After 40 Years
A UK marine botanist confirmed a mysterious pink-striped seaweed as a new species — 40 years after first spotting it in a Cornish maerl bed and never being able to pin it down.
Science
Lost Coral Reef Found Teeming With Life Off West Africa
A reef off the Benin coast — noted in 1960s surveys and then forgotten — has been rediscovered alive, with 8 coral types and 8 fish species thriving on the seabed.
Science
Brazil Ocean Expedition Discovers 31 New Species in Just Two Weeks
Researchers aboard the Falkor (too) used a new laser microscope to catalogue 31 new midwater species — including jellyfish, comb jellies and giant single-celled rhizarians — in record time.
News
149 New Marine Species Discovered Off Christmas and Cocos Islands
Scientists aboard the RV Investigator catalogued sea stars, worms, sea cucumbers and one fish at nearly 5,000 metres deep — all new to science.
Science
Humpback Whale Travels 15,100 km — A New Migration World Record
A single whale, photographed 22 years apart in Brazil and Australia, has set the longest documented humpback journey in history — a 15,100 km swim across two oceans.