Marine Biology

Ecology Cetology Animal Behavior Marine Mammals Ichthyology Shark Behavior Cetaceans Sharks Coral Reefs Ecosystems

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

Rare mineralised vertebrae let researchers estimate a 6 to 8 meter, three-ton cardabiodontid, placing mega‑body size in modern sharks about 15 million years earlier.

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Scientists Confirm First At-Sea Sighting of Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale Off Baja California

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Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems

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Hawaiian Pilot Whales Eat Roughly 82–202 Squid a Day, Study Finds

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Largest Tagged Male Great White Pings Off Atlantic City as Southbound Migration Continues

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AI Study Reports Vowel-Like Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas, Prompting Scientific Scrutiny

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Narwhals Repeatedly Strike Deep-Sea Hydrophones in Greenland Fjord, Study Finds

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Whale-Cam Captures Remoras Timing Perfect Detachments Around Humpback Breaches

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Oregon Woman Carries Stranded Salmon Shark Back to Sea as Video Shows It Swim Away

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UC San Diego Engineers Bacteria to Mass-Produce Octopus Pigment at Record Yields

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Cosmic Dust Isotopes Chart 300,000 Years of Arctic Sea-Ice Change

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Study Finds Deep-Sea Mining Discharge Could Starve the Ocean’s Twilight Zone

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Whale-Mounted Cameras Reveal Remoras’ Agile Rides on Migrating Humpbacks

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New Deep-Sea Anemone Species Builds Shell-Like Homes for Hermit Crabs

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Micro-CT Links 480-Million-Year-Old Shell Scars to Modern Oyster Parasite

Marine Biology

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

Nantucket Plans Offshore Tow of 52-Ton Sperm Whale After Rare Stranding

Ireland Confirms First Narwhal After Carcass Washes Up on Donegal Beach

New Study Recasts Dunkleosteus as Cartilage-Heavy, Shark-Like Oddball

Decapitated Jurassic Fish Heads With Guts Intact Reveal Diet and Predators

Study Maps Lethal Plastic Doses for Seabirds, Turtles and Marine Mammals

Scientists Confirm First At-Sea Sighting of Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale Off Baja California

Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems

Hawaiian Pilot Whales Eat Roughly 82–202 Squid a Day, Study Finds

Largest Tagged Male Great White Pings Off Atlantic City as Southbound Migration Continues

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AI Study Reports Vowel-Like Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas, Prompting Scientific Scrutiny

Narwhals Repeatedly Strike Deep-Sea Hydrophones in Greenland Fjord, Study Finds

Whale-Cam Captures Remoras Timing Perfect Detachments Around Humpback Breaches

Oregon Woman Carries Stranded Salmon Shark Back to Sea as Video Shows It Swim Away

UC San Diego Engineers Bacteria to Mass-Produce Octopus Pigment at Record Yields

Cosmic Dust Isotopes Chart 300,000 Years of Arctic Sea-Ice Change

Study Finds Deep-Sea Mining Discharge Could Starve the Ocean’s Twilight Zone

Whale-Mounted Cameras Reveal Remoras’ Agile Rides on Migrating Humpbacks

New Deep-Sea Anemone Species Builds Shell-Like Homes for Hermit Crabs

Micro-CT Links 480-Million-Year-Old Shell Scars to Modern Oyster Parasite

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