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A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.
The gnome sea pen is about 4.6 inches long and shaped similar to a leafy plant, researchers said and photos show. The animal has a central stalk covered in 41 polyps and a “sucker-like” base ...
Right: Shell diameter of mature male and female N. pompilius caught at Osprey Reef. Males ( n = 870) had a mean shell diameter of 131.9±2.6 mm, compared to 118.9±7.5 mm in females ( n = 86). The Osprey Reef N. pompilius population is the second smallest known in terms of mean shell diameter, after the dwarf form from the Sulu Sea (130.7 mm ...
USS Sea Dog (SS-401/AGSS-401) was a Balao-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first ship to be named for the dogfish, a small shark of the North Atlantic, considered destructive by fishermen. Sea Dog was laid down on 1 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
The roughly 8-inch-long animal was discovered in the South China Sea, researchers said. Reddish sea creature — with over 70 feet — found by a submarine. It’s a new species
The four-eyed creatures found in Antarctica have “powerful” and “large” front arms with claws, researchers said. ‘Large’ sea creature breathes with its legs, sucks prey with ‘straw ...
The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009. The Bathysphere (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús) 'deep' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.
‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species Mountain creature — with ‘yolk-yellow’ groin and armpits — discovered as new species