(OCEANS) A reporter for 9 News in Australia and a friend came across what they believed to be a dead dolphin. After examining the situation a little further, the duo discovered the marine mammal was fortunately still alive. The pair rushed to save their aquatic friend and not a moment too soon. Read on about this heroic tale, and check out the video of the rescue below. — Global Animal
(OCEANS) Last year, in mysterious circumstances, hundreds of dolphins stranded themselves along Cape Cod. Thankfully, 300 of them were rescued and helped back into the ocean. Unfortunately, 220 mangled Mobula Ray fish that were found on a beach in Gaza City were not as lucky. And once again, the bizarre stranding has no scientific explanation. Bob Rubin, an expert on Rays, told MailOnline that he has never seen a Mobula Ray fish mass stranding of such proportions. Although no exams have been performed on the fish, the local fisherman deemed them safe enough to consume, and brought them to sell at the market. Read on to learn more about Mobula Rays and the speculation surrounding the stranding. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL SCIENCE) It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a Japanese flying squid? Scientists have now proposed an explanation for the frequent sightings of a certain type of Japanese squid “flying” over the ocean’s surface. In fact, this squid can race through the air at speeds faster than Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt. Read more about this unique phenomenon and how these cephalopods become airborne. — Global Animal
(OCEANS) SOUTH CAROLINA — Tens of thousands of dead fish washed up dead on the Atlantic Coast last week, with approximately 30,000 to 40,000 menhaden fish, 6 to 8 inches long, spread along a mile and a half stretch of beach from DeBordieu Beach in Georgetown County to Pawleys Island in South Carolina. Similar incidents have occurred in the area before, including two weeks ago when another hundreds of thousands of fish washed ashore Masonboro Island, North Carolina. Marine experts have determined that the fish died from hypoxia, which occurs when the amount of oxygen in the water depletes. Read on to learn more about this entirely natural phenomenon and see what the city plans to do with the dead fish. — Global Animal
(OCEANS) Thousands of jumbo squid have beached themselves on the central California coast this week, committing what scientists are calling a “mass suicide.” Despite years of studying this phenomenon in which squid actually fling themselves onto shore, the cause has always been a mystery. However, new evidence suggests that poisonous algae may be intoxicating the Humboldt squid and causing them to swim ashore in Monterey Bay. Read on to learn more about the decades-old mystery. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL SCIENCE) Scientists have recently come across a new type of acorn worm, and they have named it after America’s favorite Star Wars character, Yoda. The reddish-purple worm was discovered approximately 1.5 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. The creature has large lips on both sides of its head, reminding researchers of the floppy-eared Jedi master. Its full scientific name is Yoda purpurata, or “purple Yoda.” — Global Animal
(OCEANS/TAKE ACTION) CALIFORNIA — Animal advocates are deeply concerned for California’s central coast marine life in response to PG&E’s decision to start seismic mapping this November. The Seismic Imaging Project entails blasting 18 underwater cannons every 15-20 seconds, 24 hours a day for 33 days. The blasts send shock-waves into the earths crust which will supply data to create 3-D images of multiple earthquake faults near Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The project will test whether further precautions are necessary to prevent a nuclear meltdown in the event of an earthquake, not unlike the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL STUDY) CALIFORNIA — Shark studies won’t die out with this year’s Shark Week, as Stanford University has released a surfing robot which will follow sharks and other sea creatures along the California coast. Though the machine is planning to collect a ton of information, it is not limited to Stanford scientists. In fact, a cellphone app called “Shark Net” allows anyone with an iPhone or iPad to track the sea animals as well. Individuals hundreds of miles inland can connect with the ocean and the wonderful inhabitants within it. Read on for more details about the app and how its impending knowledge could help sealife in the near future. — Global Animal
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