Oregon State

Columbus, OH

When a giant ocean oddity washed up on a beach in northern Oregon, residents were flocking to get a closer look at a rarely-seen fish. Believing it to be the charismatic Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, pictures eventually made their way across the Pacific to the desk of marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard, who recognized that it was, in fact, a different species—one that’s even more mysterious.

Giant 7-foot Sunfish Found on Oregon Beach Turns Out to Be Rarest Member of the Species

CBS Denver

A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them.Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday they were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the three-meter tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog.Nicolas Lubitz said he could only assume the shark gobbled up the echidna — also known as spiny anteaters — while it was swimming in the shallows off the island, or traveling between islands, which the animals are known to do."We were quite shocked at...

Shark spits out land-loving creature in front of shocked scientists

A-Z-Animals

The ridgeback shark, also known as the silky shark, is a large shark belonging to the Carchahinidae family and bears the scientific name “C. falciformis.” The great white shark, on the other hand, is known scientifically as the Carcharodon carcharias and belongs to the Lamnidae family. They are both prominent shark species with tons of […]

Ridgeback Hammerhead Shark vs Great White Shark

Sharks are rarely thought of as helpless, yet this is exactly how divers in Indonesia found a group of whale sharks. The sharks' dramatic rescue from last year is detailed in a YouTube video shared by Dylan Anderson (@Dylan_Anderson). "When these divers were scuba diving in Indonesia, they unexpectedly came...

Divers share disturbing footage of whale sharks trapped inside discarded fishing nets: 'This breaks my heart'

Researchers have identified a new snake species in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Named Rhynchocalamus hejazicus, this small snake is notable for its black collar and reddish coloration, which sets it apart from its closest relatives. Additionally, a uniformly black variant of the species, known as the ‘melanistic morphotype,’ has been discovered. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus is prevalent throughout a large area, bridging the distribution gap between the Levant and the coastal regions of Yemen and Oman for the Rhynchocalamus genus.

Mysterious New Snake Species Discovered in Saudi Arabia

Marine scientists have discovered a collection of alien-looking species lurking on the seafloor, shedding light on one of the Earth’s most mysterious realms. This groundbreaking discovery was made in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, situated between Mexico and Hawaii. Unprecedented findings. Researchers from the UK National Oceanography...

Scientists discover alien-like species for the first time in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean

CBS News

An "unusual" and "strange looking fish" washed up onto an Oregon coast earlier this month, shocking people with its gargantuan size. At first, experts thought it was just a "run of the mill ocean sunfish," known by the scientific name Mola mola, but now, they've learned it's something else — and rare. The Seaside Aquarium said in a Facebook post last week that the after photos of the massive 7.3-foot fish caused "quite a stir on social media," New Zealand researcher Mariann Nyegaard believed it was a species that isn't familiar to Oregon, but that she extensive experience with. The fish turned...

Rare 7-foot fish with a face "only a mother could love" washes ashore

Hawaii State

More than 70% of the planet is covered by ocean waters! According to the National Geographic Society, “More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans.” So you can imagine that there are undiscovered animal species as well as animals that have been rarely studied. One animal […]

Discover the Odd Ocean “Cafe” where Great White Sharks Gather

Up until relatively recently, researchers had never seen a humpback whale birth from start to finish. They’d witnessed the moments shortly after, but due to the fact that humpback whales live where we don’t, capturing a birth on camera had eluded them. But finally, divers with cameras were able to film the beautiful moment.

Witness a Humpback Whale Birth Filmed In Its Entirety for the First Time Ever

The Independent

 Two Hawaii residents were fined $20,000 for their alleged roles in the fatal mauling of a female Hawaiian monk seal pup by unleashed dogs, U.S. officials said Thursday. Hawaiian monk seals are a critically endangered species. Only 1,600 remain in the wild. The loss of a female is a particularly hard blow to conservation efforts because she could have grown up to give birth to pups of her own.A necropsy by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the pup known as PO7 suffered puncture wounds consistent with dog bites and hemorrhaging consistent with being shaken by a dog....

Hawaii residents fined $20K after Hawaiian monk seal pup mauled by unleashed dogs

Of the many types of sharks, deep sea sharks are definitely the most distinctive looking! Because deep in the darkest parts of the oceans, at unimaginable depths, live some of the most unusual and primitive sharks in the world.  Many of these sharks live so deep that they are rarely seen and have barely been […]

10 Deep Sea Sharks Rarely Seen By Humans

New York City, NY

New York Post

You might not want to be around these babies when they’re teething.

Biologists have camera-tagged the first baby great white shark — which they named Liberty — in a “nursery” of maneaters off the coast of New York City.

It’s the focus of a National Geographic episode called “Baby Sharks in the City,” streaming July 8 on Disney+ and Hulu and July 9 on Nat Geo, part of Sharkfest programming that starts June 30.



The shark daycare center is located in the New York Bight, a huge ocean triangle formed by Cape May, NJ;  Montauk Point, LI, and NYC.

Capt. Greg Metzger, who...

Scientists spot ‘nursery’ of baby great white sharks off NYC’s coast in Jaws-dropping event

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J. Souza

A fight between passengers marred the final night of a Carnival Cruise Line sailing on June 6th. The incident, which unfolded in the Lido Deck dining room onboard the Carnival Paradise, involved a group of women and resulted in thrown chairs and plates.

Cruise Ship Fight Near Buffet Captured on Camera, Passengers Banned for Life

News Chronicles

In the vast and mysterious waters of the Atlantic Ocean, a unique bond has formed between a human and a tiger shark, challenging the conventional perceptions of these apex predators.

Scuba Diver and 14-Foot Tiger Shark Form 'Rare' Unique Bond

Scientists have captured incredible footage of a deep-sea mother squid clutching dozens of unusually huge eggs. The newly-released video was captured by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s (MBARI) advanced underwater robots, including remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) during an expedition to Mexico’s Gulf of California. The footage shows...

Scientists Capture Never-Before-Seen Footage of Deep-Sea Squid Cradling Huge Eggs

South Carolina State

Charleston County, SC

Sharks are divisive animals. These fascinating creatures, both beautiful and lethal, have come under a lot of scrutiny and hostility over the years, especially because of their connection to fatal shark attacks. Sharks come in 500 distinct species worldwide, 400 of which live in Australian waters.  Nevertheless, shark numbers are steadily declining, with an estimated […]

The 9 Most Shark-Infested Beaches On Earth

Two new species of psychoactive mushrooms in the genus Psilocybe have been identified in southern Africa, bringing the total to six known indigenous species. Despite Psilocybe being among the most well-known and studied psychoactive mushrooms, these new species, Psilocybe ingeli and Psilocybe maluti, were only recently discovered. The findings were...

Mushroom magic: New species discovered in Africa

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A Whale of a Story: Necropsy of young humpback helps reveal health of species and the ocean

This is the story of a necropsy and the clues it revealed, one by one, about what ended the life of a young humpback whale. It...

A Whale of a Story: Necropsy of young humpback helps reveal health of species and the ocean

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