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Scientists have discovered one of the largest known sea creatures – a coral the size of two basketball courts – off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.. The coral is believed to be ...
‘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. Cube ...
The giant squid is widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans. It is usually found near continental and island slopes from the North Atlantic Ocean, especially Newfoundland, Norway, the northern British Isles, Spain and the oceanic islands of the Azores and Madeira, to the South Atlantic around southern Africa, the North Pacific around Japan, and the southwestern Pacific around New ...
Scientists found the spiny animal while aboard a submersible in the South China Sea. ‘Large’ sea creature — with ‘blade-like’ claws — discovered as new species. See it
The first specimens were discovered and described in 1925. [14] In 1981, an adult specimen was discovered; in 2003, a second specimen was collected. [15] [16] Captured in 2007, the largest colossal squid weighed 495 kilograms (1,091 lb), [17] and is now on display at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. [18] [19]
A preliminary study found that aquarium animals fed equal quantities of raw sea food and live C. productus (caught locally in Elliott Bay) matured at a smaller size, reached a lower maximum weight (27 kg [60 lb] mean), and had higher concentrations of most heavy metals, than those fed solely on raw sea food (36 kg [79 lb] mean, including the ...
Glowing sea creature with 15 tentacles found off Florida coast. It’s a new species ‘Golden’-tailed creature — pregnant with 2 eggs — discovered as new species.
Syrinx aruanus, common name the Australian trumpet or false trumpet, is a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 75 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.