To the average beach-goer, the ocean appears to be an endless mass of water, home to a wide variety of fish and marine plant species.Lucky beach-goers might spot dolphins splashing in the waves or ...

Researchers on an expedition in Peru have discovered 27 animal species new to science – among them a “blob-headed fish” and a type of semi-aquatic mouse.. The survey was conducted by ...

Water masses are usually differentiated based on their temperature, salinity, isotope ratios, currents, eddies, and chemical ...

The “blob-headed” fish surprised scientists with its jumbo noggin. “Discovering so many new species of mammals and vertebrates is really incredible, especially in such a human-influenced ...

"The Blob" Kills 4 Million Seabirds, The Largest Single-Species Mortality Event In Modern History "We knew right away this was a big, unprecedented die-off. We just didn’t know how big.” ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

About 29 years later, the blob is gone. A few patches of contaminated sediment are some of the only proof left of years of chemical spills into the river.

A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove had the encounter of a lifetime when a dead oarfish washed to the ocean surface on Aug. 10, 2024. This deep-sea fish is incredibly ...