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Sickened Seals Washing Up on the Jersey Shore

Earlier today millions of dead fish washed up in Redondo Beach, Calif. But that's not the only sad marine life news to report. According to NBC Philadelphia, a higher-than-usual number of seals are washing up on New Jersey beaches. What's worse, many of the recently beached seals are starving, sick or infected with...

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...

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...

Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures Spotted in Australia

(July 16) -- Australian scientists using high-tech cameras at record depths have captured photos of never-before-seen deep-sea creatures under the Great Barrier Reef that are believed to have existed there since prehistoric times. The photos offer a fascinating glimpse of marine life in deep dark waters more than 4,500...