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Tomato jellyfish

14 Oct 2021

Extremely rare jellyfish washes up on beach in Australia, creates a stir: Pics

Sea Cow Sanctuary

04 Sep 2021

India’s first Sanctuary to protect Dugong or Sea cow to be setup off TN Coast

The government has announced the setting up of Sea Cow Sanctuary The Sea Cow Sanctuary will be set up in the Marine regions such as Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.

MV X-Press Pearl

06 Jun 2021

Sri Lanka: Dead marine life washes ashore as X-Press Pearl container ship burn

The dead marine creatures were found on beaches from Puttalam in the northwest to Mirissa in the south Two turtles with injuries were also found from the Unawatuna beach in the south, according to the media reports Sri Lanka`s Marine Environment Protection Authority has said the burning of the vessel caused a massive environmental disaster

07 May 2021

Global warming causes depletion in biodiversity: Study

That data allowed the team to derive the temperature-diversity relationship across 10 geologic intervals that covered most of the elapsed time from the Cretaceous period through the modern day. Marine biodiversity tends to increase until the average surface temperature of the ocean reaches about 65 degrees Fahrenheit, beyond which that diversity slowly declines.

24 Apr 2020

Four arrested under Wildlife Act for smuggling Sea Cucumber

The CBI has registered a case against four people on charges of smuggling endangered marine animal the Sea Cucumber. All four of the accused are residents of Kavaratti in Lakshadweep. The agency also recovered 46 live and 173 dead Sea Cucumbers from them.

24 Feb 2018

Coral reefs threatened by ocean acidification; may dissolve before 2100

Most studies show that acidification will be overwhelmingly bad for ocean life, also threatening creatures such as oysters, lobsters, and crabs.

19 Oct 2017

Warmer oceans set to hit global marine diversity: Scientists

As the oceans get warmer, fish, which seem to be better predators in warmer waters, will extend their range from the equator to feed in colder latitudes where the number of large invertebrates is higher.

17 Oct 2017

Greenland waters losing salinity due to melting ice, may affect marine life: Scientists

Over the years, the dramatic meltdown of ice in the Arctic Ocean has received great attention and is easy to observe through satellite images.

04 Sep 2017

Rising ocean temperatures in Antarctica is affecting marine life – Read

The shallow waters on the West Antarctic Peninsula are reflecting the effects of warming and as per reports, an increase of just 1-2 degrees Celsius in temperature has radically reduced marine diversity.

Animal extinction

27 Jun 2017

2 million-year-old mass extinction event wiped out a third of marine life!

As many as 43 percent of sea turtle species were lost, along with 35 percent of sea birds and nine percent of sharks.

19 Jun 2017

Bizarre marine creature resembling a male reproductive organ creates waves on social media! - PIC INSIDE

The organism has an uncanny resemblance to the male reproductive organ.

16 Feb 2017

World's oceans lost 2% of oxygen over last 50 years, warn scientists

The authors said they needed to conduct more research to determine how much of the oxygen loss was due to global warming and how much was related to natural climate cycles.

05 Feb 2017

90% spill cleared, fish safe for consumption: Tamil Nadu CM on Chennai oil spill

Visiting the site of the massive oil spill here, Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter O Panneerselvam on Sunday assured that the incident had not affected the marine life in any way and the fish could be consumed, adding that over 90% of the spill had been cleared up.

Chennai oil spill

03 Feb 2017

Environmental concerns raised as Chennai's oil spill spreads despite clean-up effort

As per reports, although nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge has been removed by hundreds of volunteers, the spill has crossed the Marina Beach and travelled 32km south. It has now entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road.

02 Feb 2017

Chennai oil spill spreads at alarming pace; hits marine life severely

With no major damage to the vessels, the collision however left the marine life destructed with numerous dead fish and sea turtles being washed ashore on Chennai's coast.

21 Dec 2016

Russian fisherman catches the most surreal-looking deep-sea creatures and the internet is losing it!

Experts, evidently remain unfazed since they've studied them. But for laymen, these creatures are one of a kind.

World`s largest marine reserve

27 Oct 2016

Deal struck to create world`s largest marine protected reserve: official

The deal will see the creation of a massive US and New Zealand-backed marine protected area in the Ross Sea.

17 Oct 2016

Fully grown humpback whale leaps into the air; photographer records close-up footage!

They stick to themselves and barely reveal themselves around humans, which is the reason that makes the video you are about to watch, extremely priceless.

07 Sep 2016

Watch video: Drone footage captures rare sighting of baby white whale with its mother!

The team of scientists in question aim at understanding the most natural activities of these whales, especially in their breeding and calving grounds.

17 Jul 2016

Court rules in favor of marine life, bans US Navy from using sonar

The court reversed a lower court decision which had granted for the Navy in 2012 to use low-frequency sonar for training, testing and routine operations in the oceans.

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