oceans
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Scientists Just Discovered a ‘Strawberry-Like’ Antarctic Invertebrate With 20 Arms
The Antarctic strawberry feather star is one of four new related species believed to have been discovered by a team of marine scientists.
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Scientists Capture Deepest-Ever Footage of a Fish
Researchers using baited camera traps recorded an unknown species of snailfish more than 8 kilometres deep just off the coast of Japan. These are the deepest fish ever caught on film.
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Sea Urchins: ‘Melbourne Is Better Than Sydney’
While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now. Long-spined sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii) have invaded Tasmania and Victoria from their historical range in New South Wales. Where it occurs, this species dominates near-shore reefs…
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NZ Researchers Tickle Deep Ocean Organisms With Little Robots to Uncover the Secrets of the Sea
Despite New Zealanders’ close connection with the oceans, very few will have heard of “temperate mesophotic ecosystems” (TMEs). Even fewer will appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries, and possibly climate change mitigation. TMEs typically occur at depths of between 30 and 150 metres – the twilight zone of our oceans, where little sunlight remains. But…