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New species found in whale shark's mouth
A whale shark’s mouth might not seem like the most hospitable environment for a home, but Japanese researchers have found there’s no place like it for a newly-discovered shrimp-like creature. The tiny inhabitants — dubbed ...
- October 29, 2019
Sea-level rise threatens 311, 000 US homes
About 311,000 coastal homes across the United States with a collective market value of about $120 billion in today's dollars are at risk of chronic flooding by 2045, a report issued yesterday by the Union of Concerned ...
- June 19, 2018
US defense chief warns of conflict in disputed sea
SIMI VALLEY, United States: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that land reclamation efforts and a military build-up in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) could lead to conflict ...
- November 9, 2015
Japanese fishermen kill 30 more dolphins in Taiji
Fishermen in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more than two-dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, cam–paigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows. Activists from the militant environmentalist group Sea ...
- January 24, 2014
US faces stiff China pushback in S. China Sea: experts
The US president and his team have made much of their desire to put Beijing in its place, including in the strategically vital waterway, which China claims almost entirely and where it has reclaimed — and fortified — ...
- January 26, 2017
Great barrier reef gets biggest coral re-seeding
Scientists have launched the largest-ever attempt to regenerate coral on the endangered Great Barrier Reef by harvesting millions of the creatures’ eggs and sperm during their annual spawning. The researchers said Wednesday ...
- November 29, 2018
Sea row off APEC agenda
A bitter maritime dispute between China and the Philippines over reefs and islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not be discussed during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit next ...
- November 11, 2015
HK penguin carers work overtime
Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life, for the penguins of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, has been much the same during the coronavirus pandemic, but their carers have worked long shifts to keep the monochrome troupe healthy. ...
- May 6, 2020
‘Super corals’ give glimmer of hope for world’s dying reefs
Hawaiian “super corals” that have recovered despite living in warm and acidic water offer a glimmer of hope that dying reefs across the world could be saved, a new study says. The research suggests that the gloomiest climate ...
- May 16, 2019
Taiwanese fishermen protest crackdown
Fishermen and their families took to the streets in Taiwan Tuesday against what they said was an unfair crackdown on the industry which has been accused of illegal practices and human rights abuses. The rally by coastal ...
- November 7, 2018