Mission Studying Lionfish Off N.C. Coast
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When divers first reported lionfish off the North Carolina coast four years ago, biologist Paula Whitfield thought it must be a mistake or an aberration. The poisonous, carnivorous Indo-Pacific lionfish is native to tropical waters half a world away &#151; not the seas off the Outer Banks.
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By Alex de Marban Anchorage Daily News  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The days of state-sanctioned sea lion hunts are long gone in Alaska, but fishermen and hunters who gunned down the sea lions are suspects in the latest study about the animal's crash.
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The University of Rhode Island has designed a voyage to the bottom of the sea for students in an emerging field of scientific exploration &#151; archaeological oceanography.
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A new network of sensors will detail how ecological threats to the waterway affect the seacoast.
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North Pacific albatrosses are equipped with sensor tags to gather sea-surface data which satellites sometimes miss.
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Armed with tagging devices and satellite tracking, marine scientists follow hundreds of sea animals around the Pacific Ocean, monitoring everything from location and depth to speed and water temperature. By Randy Dotinga.
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By Kunitoshi Sakurai  An unusual preliminary environmental survey was conducted recently along the coastal area of Henoko point in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, with the participation of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (SDF) minesweeper tender.
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By David Nivens, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Feb.
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Biologists are checking the diversity of fish in the Lower Salt River and reservoir lakes.
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By Gina Smith, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb.
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A rare discovery three miles south of Provincetown in Cape Cod Bay has marine biologists scratching their heads. For the first time since 1998, a white lobster has been caught in New England.
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Scientists tracked a leatherback turtle that swam from Indonesia to Oregon and back to Hawaii in an epic 13,000-mile search for food Â research they hope will boost international efforts to save the endangered species.
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By STEVE HARTSOE RALEIGH, N.C. - A shipwreck off the North Carolina coast believed to be that of notorious pirate Blackbeard could be fully excavated in three years, officials working on the project said.
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Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday.
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Fishermen have caught a rare and endangered fish, the coelacanth, off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, a researcher said on Monday.
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Researchers put a satellite tracking device on a 15-foot shark that appeared to be lost in shallow water off Cape Cod, the first time a great white has been tagged that way in the Atlantic.
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Surveillance vessel sent to gather evidence for possible legal challenge to 'scientific' southern ocean cull