Marine Ecology

Marine Ecology
Dead fish appear on the beaches of La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, 21 August, 2021

Oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years: Report

Humanity must drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions or face increasingly catastrophic changes to the world's climate

The ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida. The photo was taken, on 23 September 2021

Research discovers new bacteria that attach to deep-sea plastics and run through the ocean

Although the plastic-loving bacteria found in the study here represent a small fraction of the community colonising plastic, they highlight the emerging ecological impacts of plastic pollution in the ...

Rescue efforts to save whales stranded on a sandbar

Dozens of whales die in New Zealand mass stranding

Scientists are unclear about why the beach is so deadly

Fish swimming in the coral reef of Bunaken Island national marine park in northern Sulawesi,a marine protected area with a flourishing coral reefs, seagrass bed and mangrove that is home to endangered species such as dugongs, sea turtles, giant clams and others

45,000 marine species are at risk due to climate change, pollution: Research

University of Queensland researchers and global marine experts reviewed marine biology literature and categorised a wide range of threats

Floating barriers to protect the beaches from drifting oil are seen at the resort town of Ancon, Peru, on 21 January, 2022

Oil clean-up crews replace bathers on Peru beaches

At Miramar Beach in Peru's popular resort of Ancon, there are no bathers despite the summer heat. Instead, it teems with workers in coveralls cleaning up an oil spill

Greenland experienced 'massive' ice melt this week, scientists say. This satellite image shows Nuuk Fjord, Greenland on 29 July, 2021

Greenland’s nutrients changing with global impact: Study

The discovery will enhance scientists’ understanding of carbon cycling and nutrient availability in this rapidly warming and changing environment

St. Martin's Island

18 new species of fish in the country

Some 16 new species have been added to the list of fish in the country. A group of researchers of Chittagong University has identified these species in and around St. Martin's Island in the ...

The carcass of a dolphin washed up on the beach at Kuakata. 9 September

Govt finalises the ‘Dolphin Conservation Action Plan’

The government has approved the ‘Dolphin Conservation Action Plan’ to protect the habitat of dolphins, said environment, forests and climate change minister Md Shahab Uddin

Another dead dolphin found in Halda river on 30 September 2021

Another dead dolphin found in Halda river

Naval police members recovered the five feet long dolphin carcass from Madunaghat Barua Para area

Bangladesh takes major step to protect threatened sharks, rays

Bangladesh takes major step to protect threatened sharks, rays

The government recently took a major step to improve the protection of threatened sharks and rays by updating the list of species and species groups under the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act ...

The tide being in the carcass of a whale at the Shamlapur coast in Teknaf upazila, Cox's Bazar. 28 August morning

Bay of Bengal Large fish and aquatic life surge towards the coast

The carcasses of dolphins and whales have been washing up on the shore. Fishermen are netting sailfish and string rays. Experts see that as a significant change in the marine environment

A humpback whale washed ashore on the Himchhari beach

Whale carcass washes ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach

The carcass of a humpback whale washed ashore on the Himchhari beach adjacent to Cox's Bazar-Teknaf marine drive on Friday morning

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for the ninth consecutive day in the sea off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbour, on a beach in Colombo on 28 May, 2021

Sri Lanka facing marine disaster from burning ship: official

Sri Lanka is facing its worst beach pollution crisis as tonnes of plastic waste from a burning container ship wash ashore, a senior environment official said Saturday

The dolphin died a little after being caught in net.

Dolphin dies in Bagerhat river

A freshwater dolphin died in the Panguchi River in Bagerhat’s Morelganj upazila on Tuesday

Bengal Tiger

World Biodiversity Day More wild animals killed during pandemic

Human interference in nature has decreased due to lockdowns and various other reasons in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. As a result, in several parts of the world, biodiversity has gained a new ...

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