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New species of sea urchins discovered in NZ waters
New Zealand Herald | 21 May 2013
Scientists dusting off half-century old archives of sea urchins have discovered seven new species they didn't know existed in New Zealand waters. The dramatic finds include a clarification over the mystery of one giant deepwater species.

Arctic Biodiversity Assessment released at Arctic Council Ministerial
caff.is | 16 May 2013
The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has released the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA), a report containing the best available science informed by traditional ecological knowledge on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity and accompanying policy recommendations for biodiversity conservation.

Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity | Polar Region

In Pursuit of an Underwater Menagerie
New York Times | 07 May 2013
Two 19th-century glassmakers created a collection of anatomically perfect sculptures of marine creatures. Now, a hunt is on to find the animals that inspired them.

Biodiversity | Research

Boneworms' Secret Revealed
New York Times | 07 May 2013
Boneworms are gutless and mouthless, but somehow they live off the carcasses of whalebones. Now researchers say that the worms produce and secrete an acid that can dissolve bone.

Biodiversity | Research

Experts Call for Network to Monitor Marine Biodiversity
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 23 Apr 2013
A group of oceanographic experts is calling for the establishment of a national network to monitor the diversity of marine life, a key bellwether of ocean and human health.

Biodiversity | Research

Sea hares' sticky defence uncovered
BBC | 28 Mar 2013
Sea hares fool hungry predators with a sticky secretion that deactivates their sense of smell, scientists say.

Biodiversity | Research

Giant squid family secrets revealed
BBC | 20 Mar 2013
Giant squid around the world are "basically identical" despite looking very different, scientists say.

Biodiversity | Research

Deepest ocean 'teems with microbes'
BBC | 18 Mar 2013
The deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean - is teeming with microscopic organisms, scientists find.

Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Research

Sandwatch pilot project launched in two schools in Lhoknga, Aceh, Indonesia
UNESCO | 14 Mar 2013
Lhoknga, located in Aceh Besar district close to Banda Aceh, has a beautiful long coastline. It is rich in coastal and marine biodiversity, and is also where sea turtles lay eggs during September to May. The objective of the Sandwatch pilot project is to strengthen existing local curriculum on coastal environment by emphasizing school-based, hands-on beach monitoring.

Indian Ocean | Biodiversity | Research

Deep-Sea Life Issue One -Now Available Here!
INDEEP | 12 Mar 2013
Welcome to the first edition of Deep-Sea Life: a new informal publication for the deep-sea biology community. This newsletter aims to deliver curent news regarding projects, new papers, meetings and workshops, cruises, student progress, jobs and training opportunities, opinion pieces and other useful information for the science community and all interested parties.

Biodiversity | Deep Sea

Submarine sent to world's deepest sea vents
New Zealand Herald | 28 Feb 2013
Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea.

Atlantic Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Research

Spectacular Russian jellyfish of the White Sea - in pictures
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Feb 2013
They look like aliens or underwater explosions, but they're actually jellyfish - shot in the freezing waters off Russia. Diver Alexander Semenov plunged into the freezing waters of the White Sea, off the coast of north-west Russia, to document them

Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity

Lion's mane jellyfish - picture of the day
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Feb 2013
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. This may look like something from outer space but it is in fact a jellyfish, photographed by Alexander Semenov in the freezing waters of the White Sea off the coast of northwest Russia.

Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity

Glowing shark's 'lightsaber' warning
BBC | 21 Feb 2013
A glow-in-the-dark shark scares off predators with the help of "lightsaber-like" spines, a study suggests.

Biodiversity | Fish | Research

Vibrant mix of marine life found at extreme ocean depths, Scripps analysis reveals
EurekAlert | 21 Feb 2013
(University of California - San Diego) The first scientific examinations of data recorded during a record-setting expedition have yielded new insights about the diversity of creatures that live and thrive in the cold, dark, and highly pressurized habitats of the world's deepest points and their vastly unexplored ecosystems.

Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Research

Governance of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction at the regional level
iddri.org | 19 Feb 2013
Marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is currently at the heart of various international negotiations, including a process held under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly. This study analyses five different regional frameworks, highlighting their major gaps and defining options for their closure.

Biodiversity | Governance

Maldives: Entire country to become UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by 2017
cbd.int | 18 Feb 2013
In response to the call for champions in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Republic of Maldives has pledged to become the first nation where the entire country and its Exclusive Economic Zone will be a Biosphere Reserve.

Indian Ocean | Biodiversity | Marine Protected Area | Small Island Developing States

Animal camouflage: creatures that mimic their surroundings (photo gallery)
Telegraph | 13 Feb 2013
In pictures: creatures that have evolved to mimic their surroundings.

Biodiversity | Fish

New species of fish discovered in ocean trench near NZ
New Zealand Herald | 05 Feb 2013
An expedition to one of the deepest ocean trenches has discovered a new species of fish and another not previously caught in the southwest Pacific, giving scientists a better understanding of biodiversity in the deep seas around New Zealand.

Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Fish

FAO Releases Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras of the North Atlantic Catalogue
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 04 Feb 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a catalogue titled "Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras of the North Atlantic," which presents a comprehensive and updated treatment of the identification, taxonomy, distribution, biology and ecology of the sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras of the North Atlantic.

Atlantic Ocean | Biodiversity | Fish

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