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Humpback whales breach for a variety of reasons including communication, fighting, barnacle and parasite removal, waking up, playing and more. For humpback whales calves like this one, playing is an …
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This month, we managed to collect 237 kg of trash from the beach and some from the sea. 82 kilograms of the marine debris collected were recyclable. The rest of …
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New guidelines for underwater photographers The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative – has launched the newly updated Green Fins Environmental Best …
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Pufferfish are slow and clumsy swimmers because they need to combine all their fins (i.e., caudal, anal, pectoral and dorsal) to move. Although this means they can maneuver easily, it …
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This was my first encounter with the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth. With a permit, I dropped off the boat into the cold blue Atlantic waters and …
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The Tiger Shrimp (Phyllognatia ceratophthalmus) is also called Spiny Tiger Shrimp, Bongo Shrimp, Horned Bumblebee Shrimp and one of Lembeh’s Top Crustaceans. They belong to the same family as the …
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A group of endemic milletseed butterflyfish accompany a Hawaiian green sea turtle covered in fibropapillomas tumors on the south side of Maui, Hawaii. Though naturally occurring, these tumours are believed …
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A surprise encounter from a pacific white-sided dolphin while I was freediving off the coast of Mexico. This inquisitive animal passed less than a couple of meters away from me. …
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Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) in the wild are found living in shallow habitats ranging from coral reefs & lagoons to seagrass beds and reef margins. They prefer more protected calmer …
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One of the fascinating things about the underwater world is that no matter how closely you look at something, you can always be surprised by what is living down there. …
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