The Leatherback turtle
With sizes ranging up to 2 metres long, the Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, is the largest of any turtle, and…
With sizes ranging up to 2 metres long, the Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, is the largest of any turtle, and…
The average human can hold their breath for up to 1 minute (O’Connor, 2013) without training and professional freedivers can…
In this essay I shall be looking at why the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has become such a notorious…
I first gained interest in researching about Glaucus atlanticus when I was researching about the Portuguese Man O’ War (Physalia physalis)…
This essay shall discuss hydrological optics, how light behaves in water, and light capture in particular the package effect and…
Although rare, it is certainly not unheard of for humans to be attacked by aquatic animals. The question is, what…
(Fig 1, Chaenocephalus aceratus, a member of the family Channichthydiea, commonly known as the Antarctic Ice fish, http://afg.scarmarbin.be/system/images/44/gallery/chionodraco-hamatus-3-jpg.jpg?1290183825 Introduction…
Degradation of coral reefs is becoming a growing problem; coral are part of the Phylum Cnidaria and are a varied…
The impacts that come with Krill Fishing in the Southern Ocean In the 1950’s, industrial fishing was concentrated in…
Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) are a herbivorous reptile found exclusively on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America.…