According to a new study, bottlenose dolphin colonized the Mediterranean after the last Ice Age, about 18,000 years ago. Leading marine biologists collaborated in the study, the most detailed ever conducted into the genetic structure of the Mediterranean’s bottlenose dolphin population to date.
A team led and funded by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen has located the Musashi on the seabed of the Sibuyan Sea in the Philippines. Allen, 62, whose father served in World War II, says his research team discovered the Musashi's wreckage on March 1 and uploaded a number of pictures of what he described as the ship’s rusty bow, with a Japanese seal clearly visible.
The Wetpixel Oceanic Whitetip Shark Expedition 2015 will run from 12 to 18 April 2015, and will be based on Cat Island (flights into New Bight airport (TBI)).
7 days 6 nights hotel accommodation hotel on double occupancy (single occupancy available at a supplement). 5 full days of oceanic whitetip shark encounters. Airport pickup/drop-off from TBI to the hotel. Daily Dive Boat Shuttle from the hotel to the boat. Continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages on the boat. Tanks, air fills, weights, and weight belts.
Her pioneering work in marine conservation and shark behaviour helped to reveal that sharks were not the stupid and vicious animals they were reputed to be. Though she also did research on fish, her main focus was to improve the public image of sharks.
She began her research in the 1950s, and her fascination with the marine world inspired her to find ways of conducting research underwater. She was one of the first to do so while using SCUBA, and also made over seventy deep dives using a submersible, into the deep ocean.
