Scientists record the ‘shell-crushing’ sounds of a ray chomping on a mollusk

What a crunch! Scientists record the ‘shell-crushing’ sounds of a ray chomping on shellfish to access the prey’s soft tissues for the first time Scientists recorded whitespotted eagle rays eating shellfish from sea floor   Audio of the mollusc shell cracking and breaking was captured    Scientists found the noise of the shattering shell can be used … Read more

A dozen new species of fish, mollusk and coral are discovered deep in the Atlantic Ocean  

After four-and-a-half years, the world’s largest deep-sea exploration mission has identified at least 12 new species of marine life, including a new kind of coral. Funded by the European Union, the just-completed ATLAS Project carried out some 45 research expeditions since June 2016, exploring undersea life in a deep stretch of the North Atlantic. More … Read more