World’s first hybrid shark found in Australia
January 4th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists are anxiously monitoring the first hybrid shark found in the Australian waters. Marine scientists say the animal is a result of inbreeding between the Australian blacktip ... Read more...
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Shark kills surfer at Australian beach
September 4th, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Sep 4 (IANS) A man in his early 20s was killed Sunday in a horrifying shark attack at a popular surfing spot of Western Australia.He was bodyboarding, a cut-down ... Read more...
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Kashmir merchant navy officer missing
May 31st, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 31 (IANS) A merchant navy officer from Jammu and Kashmir has gone missing from his tanker vessel since May 27, three days after leaving an Australian port for ... Read more...
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Australian Navy nabs boats with 54 suspected asylum-seekers
March 15th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 15 (DPA) The Australian Navy intercepted a boat suspected of carrying 54 asylum-seekers off the coast of the Northern Territory, officials said Sunday.
The passengers and crew were taken to the ... Read more...
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Deep-sea voyage uncovers several new species and thousands of fossilized coral samples
February 5th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Scientists, on a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, have found several new species and thousands of fossilized coral samples.The scientists, from the ... Read more...
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Leatherback turtle placed on Australia’’s threatened species list
January 18th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 18 (ANI): Australia has listed the world''s largest sea turtle, the leatherback, as endangered.Also added to the list by the federal government are nine species of snails, four shrubs, ... Read more...
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Humans may reach ”top of the shark menu” if fishing is not controlled, says expert
January 12th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 12 (ANI): If fishing in Australian waters is not brought under control, humans might soon be heading the menu for sharks, according to a shark expert.Vic Hislop has warned ... Read more...
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Man punches shark as it bites his leg at Lake Illawarra
January 12th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 12 (ANI): A 23-year-old Aussie man, who was snorkeling, saved his own life from a shark by punching it.The snorkeller was swimming under the Windang Bridge when he felt ... Read more...
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Scientists find a jackpot of rich marine life near Australia
October 10th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 10 (ANI): Scientists have found 274 new species of corals, starfish, sponges, shrimps, and crabs 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) beneath the surface of the ocean around Antarctica.Some of ... Read more...
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World’’s largest sharks shrinking in size due to over-exploitation by humans
July 26th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 26 (ANI): A new research has suggested that humans have over-exploited the whale shark, the world''s largest living fish, to such a degree that the ocean giants are actually ... Read more...
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