One of the deep-sea animals discovered was nicknamed the “gummy squirrel”, because of its huge tail and jelly-like appearance, he said. There are also glass sponges, some of which look like vases.(格洛弗说,海底是一个“神奇的地方”,尽管极度寒冷和黑暗,但生命在那里茁壮成长。“深海平原的一...
But at least two species of sea slug have astonished researchers by taking self-amputation to the extreme: It's been discovered that they can decapitate themselves, jettisoning everything but their heads, including their major body organs. The odd behavior was spotted by Sayaka Mitoh, a doctora...
Chromodoris nudibranchs or sea slugs occur across the Indo-Pacific and are very brightly coloured, with theircolour patternstraditionally used to differentiate between species. However, new research from Kara Layton and Dr. Nerida Wilson from UWA and the Western Australian Museum and Dr. Terry Gosline...
armored crustaceans use 14 legs to crawl along the ocean floor at staggering depths. It might seem unlikely that one of these species could be missed while in plain sight, but that’s exactly what’s happened, until now. Scientists have discovered a new giant isopod species among the sea cr...
life thrives. "One of the characteristics of the abyssal plain is the lack of food, but life has a way of persisting down there," he said, "It's a mystery. " One of the deep-sea animals discovered was nicknamed the "gummy squirrel", because of its huge tail and jelly-like appearanc...
Rare Animals of New Zealand The country has the rarest and smallestdolphinin the world: the Hector’s dolphin, of which there are around 15,000 that live in the waters surrounding both islands. New Zealand sea lions are another of the rarest species on the planet, and their population is ...
The unusual habitat of the Krubera cave in the Western Caucasus remains a mystery. Researchers from two Spanish universities have discovered a new species of beetle in the depths of this cave.
"Through hard work, our team discovered new hydrothermal springs offshore Costa Rica and confirmed that they host nurseries of deep-sea octopus and unique biodiversity,"says oceanographer Beth Orcuttof the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. ...
FOR BELOVED ANIMALS AQUARIUM TO KEEP ITS SEA LIONS NEW FACILITY EYED FOR BELOVED ANIMALSAQUARIUM TO KEEP ITS SEA LIONS NEW FACILITY EYED FOR BELOVED ANIMALSJeff Lemberg, Globe Correspondent
In 2015, the Haima Cold Seep, characterized by patches of authigenic carbonate rocks protruding from a muddy seafloor (Fig. 1), was discovered on the northwestern slope of the South China Sea (SCS) during dives of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Haima (Liang et al., 2017). This is ...