A whale shark has made the longest migration journey ever recorded travelling 12,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The large fish, named Anne by scientists, was tracked making the mammoth migration from near Panama in the south eastern Pacific, to an area close to the Philippines in the Indo-Pacific. Experts at the Smithsonian Tropical Research …
Whale sharks are filter feeders, eating plankton, fish eggs, krill, crab larvae as well as small squid and fish that enter their large mouths. They cannot digest plastic garbage. Credit: Kevan Mantell Little is known about the world’s largest living fish, gentle giants reaching 12 meters (40 feet) in length. Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical …
How do you get inside a whale’s head? With a CT-scanner made for rocket bodies, that’s how. Researchers from San Diego State University stuck an entire juvenile minke whale inside a computed tomography (CT) scanning machine to virtually slice and dice its anatomy with X-rays. Their goal was to get a look at the structures …
A striking photo of a dolphin reflected in the sea off a rocky Inner Hebridean outcrop has won an annual photo competition to celebrate British mammals. The image, captured by James West, from Hampshire, was among 350 wildlife pictures snapped in the British Isles for the annual Mammal Photographer of the Year competition. James, who …
Clearwater, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Clearwater Marine Aquarium released three sea turtles today at Fred Howard Park. The sea turtles included Echo and Papa, two endangered green sea turtles treated for the Fibropapilloma virus, and Marigold, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle treated for boat strike injuries. Echo and Papa, named during the …
Loggerhead sea turtles that nest on beaches with similar magnetic fields are genetically similar to one another, according to a new study. “Loggerhead sea turtles are fascinating creatures that begin their lives by migrating alone across the Atlantic Ocean and back,” says Kenneth Lohmann, professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel …
As Florida manatees are dying at a record pace from the cold winter and algae blooms, an unlikely sea cow duo has surprised researchers for their persistence in braving frigid temperatures to survive. A manatee dubbed Leesburg — after the Lake County city where she was first spotted in 2015 — was seen by researchers from the group Sea …
SANIBEL, Fla. — An endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was released back into the water by the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Tuesday morning. The sea turtle was released at the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach after arriving to the clinic on March 27. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was found floating near the Sanibel …
Underwater photographer Simone Caprodossi has been photographing the deep seas for over 10 years. The Italian-born, Dubai-based Caprodossi has combined his passions for photography and diving, creating an impressive portfolio of underwater imagery. Particularly fond of sharks, he managed to capture a stunning image of the gills of a whale shark, demonstrating the impressive anatomy of this …
Whale sharks are the largest known species of fish.Tom Cannon/SWNS A viral photo shows a massive whale shark lurking directly under a boat full of people — but that’s actually not the case. Like photos of tourists “holding” the Leaning Tower of Pisa, this optical illusion is created by a photography technique called forced perspective. This technique …
