Deadlier Than Sharks?: This Tiny Fish Can Leap At 60 km/h, Can Prove Lethal...
A small but deadly fish, the Needlefish has been making headlines for rare but serious attacks on swimmers and fishermen. It's slendor and fast catching attention for its unusual attacks on humans.
Sep 12, 2025, 15:01 PM IST
Shark Awareness Day: 7 Weirdest Species That Actually Exist
Shark Awareness Day sheds light on the ocean’s most misunderstood predators by highlighting 7 of the weirdest shark species that truly exist. From the goblin shark with its protruding jaws to the sawshark with its chainsaw-like snout, these 7 bizarre creatures showcase the diversity of marine life. The list of 7 also features the frilled shark, cookiecutter shark, and others with strange looks and behaviors, reminding us how little we know about the deep sea and why shark conservation matters.
Jul 14, 2025, 14:37 PM IST
Nature’s Underwater Gardeners: 10 Sea Creatures That Farm Their Own Food
Some sea creatures have mastered farming beneath the waves, cultivating their own food for survival. From damselfish that grow algae gardens to sea sponges hosting bacteria farms, these 10 species demonstrate remarkable underwater agriculture. Yeti crabs use their hairy claws to farm bacteria, while leafcutter ants of the sea nurture fungi. These 10 fascinating marine farmers, including species like pearlfish and some shrimps, carefully tend, harvest, and protect their food sources, showcasing unique behaviors rarely seen in ocean life.
Jul 07, 2025, 13:31 PM IST
Scuba Diving In India: 8 Best Spots To Experience The Underwater Universe
Feb 26, 2024, 20:17 PM IST
Extremely rare jellyfish washes up on beach in Australia, creates a stir - In Pics
Oct 14, 2021, 13:19 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Govt to setup India’s First ‘Sea Cow’ Sanctuary in Gulf of Mannar, Pak Bay region
Tamil Nadu Government has made a slew of announcements pertaining to the measures that would be taken to protect forests, wildlife, and marine life.
Sep 04, 2021, 18:04 PM IST
Sri Lanka: Dead marine life washes ashore as X-Press Pearl container ship burns
A link between the marine life death and the burning of the X-Press Pearl container ship is expected to be the focus of the investigation.
Jun 06, 2021, 23:06 PM IST
Global warming causes depletion in biodiversity: Study
We all know that global warming is harmful to the earth as it increases the water level in the sea but now it is also endangering the biodiversity present on the planet. Studies suggest that an increase in temperature leads to the loss of biodiversity, mainly marine life as the elevated temperature reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen and hence leading to the unavailability of oxygen for marine animals.
May 07, 2021, 17:08 PM IST
Four arrested under Wildlife Act for smuggling Sea Cucumber
The CBI has registered a case against four people on charges of smuggling endangered marine animal the Sea Cucumber. All four of the accused are residents of Kavaratti in Lakshadweep. The agency also recovered 46 live and 173 dead Sea Cucumbers from them.
Apr 24, 2020, 15:04 PM IST
Coral reefs threatened by ocean acidification; may dissolve before 2100: Study
Most studies show that acidification will be overwhelmingly bad for ocean life, also threatening creatures such as oysters, lobsters, and crabs.
Feb 24, 2018, 18:11 PM IST
Warmer oceans set to hit global marine diversity: Scientists
As the oceans get warmer, fish, which seem to be better predators in warmer waters, will extend their range from the equator to feed in colder latitudes where the number of large invertebrates is higher.
Oct 19, 2017, 11:38 AM IST
Greenland waters losing salinity due to melting ice, may affect marine life: Scientists
Over the years, the dramatic meltdown of ice in the Arctic Ocean has received great attention and is easy to observe through satellite images.
Oct 16, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
Rising ocean temperatures in Antarctica is affecting marine life – Read
The shallow waters on the West Antarctic Peninsula are reflecting the effects of warming and as per reports, an increase of just 1-2 degrees Celsius in temperature has radically reduced marine diversity.
Sep 04, 2017, 12:55 PM IST
2 million-year-old mass extinction event wiped out a third of marine life!
As many as 43 percent of sea turtle species were lost, along with 35 percent of sea birds and nine percent of sharks.
Jun 27, 2017, 19:03 PM IST
Bizarre marine creature resembling a male reproductive organ creates waves on social media! - PIC INSIDE
The organism has an uncanny resemblance to the male reproductive organ.
Jun 19, 2017, 11:16 AM IST
World's oceans lost 2% of oxygen over last 50 years, warn scientists
The authors said they needed to conduct more research to determine how much of the oxygen loss was due to global warming and how much was related to natural climate cycles.
Feb 16, 2017, 14:22 PM IST
90% spill cleared, fish safe for consumption: Tamil Nadu CM on Chennai oil spill
Visiting the site of the massive oil spill here, Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter O Panneerselvam on Sunday assured that the incident had not affected the marine life in any way and the fish could be consumed, adding that over 90% of the spill had been cleared up.
Feb 05, 2017, 12:14 PM IST