A suspected shark was filmed swimming through a flooded street intersection in Fort Pierce, Florida, after heavy rain inundated parts of the state’s eastern coast earlier this week. The unusual sighting was captured on Monday, November 2, as floodwaters submerged roads and allowed marine life to move into areas normally away from the water. Heavy … Read more
What happens to a giant Navy ship when its job is done? Most of them end up as scrap metal. The USS Algol got a different ending. According to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife’s A Guide to Fishing and Diving New Jersey Reefs, the state’s reef program has used vessels ranging from … Read more
Representative Image (AI-generated) Britain’s coastal waters are home to more shark species than many people might expect, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how several of these animals move, feed and reproduce. In a report by The Guardian, researchers outlined plans for a new three-year project that will combine modern electronic tracking with decades … Read more
In 2015, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen launched Global FinPrint, a global survey that eventually deployed thousands of underwater cameras across coral reefs in 58 countries. The project was led by researchers at Florida International University and funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, with more than 120 researchers across the western Atlantic, the Indian … Read more
A barren stretch of Egypt’s Western Desert has yielded an unexpected glimpse into a prehistoric ocean, with scientists uncovering fossilised shark teeth belonging to five extinct species that lived during the Late Cretaceous, when dinosaurs still dominated the planet. The discovery comes from the Abu-Tartur Plateau in southwestern Egypt, an area that today is an … Read more
A lifeguard in Maine has described the terrifying moment he was pulled underwater by a shark off the coast of Scarborough Beach on Saturday, August 8. Greg Wilfert said that he “started swimming like hell” when a shark grabbed onto his buoy and pulled him underwater. Maine lifeguard describes ‘frightening’ moment he was pulled underwater … Read more
The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis 2 crew landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California after completing a historic voyage around the moon. While the world celebrates the crew’s safe return, the internet does what it does best: ask weird questions that no one else is asking. An X user’s curiosity … Read more