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First Ocean Life Census Finds 6,000 New Species

LONDON (Oct. 4) -- Taking a census of marine life is not as easy as knocking on doors. But after a 10-year effort that included diving into icy waters, guiding robots into pitch-black depths and laying out a vast network of microphones to spy on migrating fish, scientists today unveiled the results of the first-ever...

Study: Mass Extinctions Could Shake Up Marine Life

(Sept. 3) --The rate at which animals and plants are going extinct could drastically alter life in the Earth's seas, according to a new study. Mass extinctions throughout history have altered the structure of life in the seas, with dominant creatures being toppled and others rushing in to take their place, creating a...

Shark Week Finale: The Goblin Shark, Up Close

(Aug. 6) -- It's old news by now here in the land of trending topics, but Surge Desk would be remiss to close out this shark-sighting enhanced Shark Week of 2010 without a look at what may have been, in the end, its breakout star -- the Goblin Shark, whose appearance in a Science Channel documentary had folks firing up...

Marine Life Census Estimates Oceans Are Inhabited by 1.4M Different Species

(Aug. 3) -- Giving new meaning to the old phrase, "there's always more fish in the sea," an exhaustive, decadelong international survey of the world's oceans by over 360 scientists reveals a previously unfathomable array of marine biodiversity. And based on the results, there's even more yet to be found. The "Census of...

Oil Spill May Be Pushing Sharks Toward Fla. Beaches

(June 11) -- The appearance of a huge man-eating shark near a Florida beach on the cusp of the summer swimming season would not usually evoke a sympathetic response from either beachgoers or local tourism boosters. But the discovery of a weakened, disoriented tiger shark -- measuring more than 11 feet and weighing some...