I can pinpoint the exact moment my love affair with marine life illustrations began. It was August, 2008 and I was watching Dress My Nest with Thom Filicia. In the episode, Thom used a stunning
The Neptune Memorial Reef, a cemetery under the sea, is fast becoming the world’s largest man made reef; covering over 600,000 sf, it’s becoming a new ecosystem for marine life and a diver destination.
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A “natural laboratory” in the Mediterranean revealing effects of carbon dioxide levels in oceans paints a bleak picture for future marine life, researchers say. Scientists from the University of Plymouth in England, along with Brazilian...Show More Summary
A combination of the biology of marine mammals, mechanical vibrations and acoustics has led to a breakthrough discovery allowing scientists to better understand the potential harmful effects of sound on marine mammals such as whales and dolphins.
A unique ‘natural laboratory’ in the Mediterranean Sea is revealing the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on life in the oceans. The results show a bleak future for marine life as ocean acidity rises, and suggest that similar lowering of ocean pH levels may have been responsible for massive extinctions in the past. The [...]
After returning to the medevac headquarters, the crew began to clean the blood and bandages from the rear of the helicopter. The flight medic said he knew that the Marine was already gone but they had to try everything possible until they reached the hospital.
As many as 40 new plant and animal species have been discovered following a deep-water voyage into Indonesian waters. From sea spiders to giant basket stars, VIEW OUR GALLERY of colorful marine life skimming the sea floor. Gallery: Cool...
A unique 'natural laboratory' in the Mediterranean Sea is revealing the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on life in the oceans. The results show a bleak future for marine life as ocean acidity rises, and suggest that similar lowering of ocean pH levels may have been responsible for massive extinctions in the past.
Lina ramona Vitkauskas asks, and her collection stands as an intrepid answer, the question as to why haute couture, avant-garde and post avant-garde cinema, Derrida, and marine life should be at odds, offering her reader startling juxtapositions vis a vis an unmistakable voice that sounds out as often as it retracts in the act of [...]
Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, apparently, was not the model Marine. As I wrote of her previously, every sordid detail about her life was rustled up in order to clear a man who may have raped her. They had consensual sex once. He was not the paternal match of the fetus that she carried. Show More Summary
CESAR LAUREAN GUILTY OF MURDER, GETS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE excerpts of an article by Lindell Kay, The Havelock (North Carolina) news A former Camp Lejeune Marine corporal who killed a pregnant colleague to save his military career will spend the rest of his life in prison. Cesar Armando Laurean, 23, was found guilty by a [...]
Fond of frozen fish? Japan's quirky Ice Aquarium has plenty of marine life, but it's all dead.
We often worry if robots will replace us and take over our jobs in the future, but what about marine life? Perhaps they're in danger of being replaced with robots too, and the electric fish by Sedensha Co. probably isn't easing the nerves of fishes out there. Show More Summary
Whether or not you’re big into marine life, it may concern you to hear that it’s probably not great to hear that cosmetics formulators are still using oil from the livers of rare deep-sea sharks in lotions and other products. If you’re reading this right now with grim horror, never fear – a new [...]
This picture shows the hybridisation of plastic garbage with marine life – algae and tiny invertebrates have made a home on plastic that has been floating in the North Atlantic for decades. Now scientists say the plastic is disappearing. (more…)
This picture shows the hybridization of plastic garbage with marine life - algae and tiny invertebrates have made a home on plastic that has been floating in the North Atlantic for decades. Now scientists say the plastic is disappearing. More »
Executive Director Julie Packard's latest ocean commentaryis now available on HuffingtonPost.com. In it she writes about the inspiration she draws from marine life, and the amazing things we're learning every day about ocean plants, animals and ecosystems. "Years ago," she...
This picture shows the hybridization of plastic garbage with marine life - algae and tiny invertebrates have made a home on plastic that has been floating in the North Atlantic for decades. Now scientists say the plastic is disappearing. More »
From CNN.com today: Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have settled to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico further east than previously suspected and at levels toxic to marine life, researchers reported Monday. Initial findings from...Show More Summary
Bacteria are well-known to be the cause of some of the most repugnant smells on earth, but now scientists have revealed this lowest of life forms actually has a sense of smell of its own. A team of marine microbiologists at Newcastle...Show More Summary