Tamika Fifield

OCEARCH, A Non-Profit For Ocean Research, Tagged The Largest Great White Shark Ever Recorded In The Atlantic, 45 Miles Off The Florida-Georgia Coast On Jan 17, 2025. This 1,653-pound, ~14ft Male Shark, “Contender,” Equipped With GPS And Satellite Tags, Is Tracked In Real-Time Via OCEARCH’s Apps, Aiding Shark Migration And Conservation Studies.

Scientists Discovered The World’s Largest Coral, Over 100 Ft Long And 300 Years Old, In The SW Pacific Ocean Near Solomon Islands. Unlike A Reef With Many Colonies, This Single Coral Has Grown Continuously For Centuries. Visible From Space, It Contains Nearly 1 Billion Polyps. Despite Resilience, It Remains Vulnerable To Climate Change And Human Threats.

Fossilized Bones Found In Somerset, England, In 2020, Identified As Part Of A Giant Ichthyosaur From 202 Myrs Ago, And Linked To An 8-Year Prior Find Of A 3 Ft Long Bone, Led To The Identification Of A New Species Of Ichthyosaur, Ichthyotitan Severnensis, Said To Be The Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found. The New Species Was ~82 Ft Long.

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A New Tiny 38 cm Tall Species Of The World’s Smallest Deer, Pudella Carlae, Found In Peru‘s Central Andes, Marks The First Cervid Species Discovery In South America In 60+ Years. P. Carlae, A Jack Russell Terrier-Size Deer, Is A Separate Species From The Northern Pudu, & Inhabits Diverse Habitats: The Andean Grasslands To The Cloud Forest.

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In Peru‘s Amazon, A 16-Myr-Old Fossil Of Pebanista Yacuruna (PY), The Largest Freshwater Dolphin (FWD), Was Found. ~3.5m Long, It’s ~25% Larger Than Modern FWD. PY Is Said To Be Related To The Modern South Asia FWD. PY Extinction May Be Linked To Ancient Amazon Lake Drainage. This Find Highlights FWD Evolution And Ecosystem Vulnerability.

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Scientists Discovered The Largest Known Deep-Sea Coral Reef, 68 Mi Wide At Some Points And Stretching 310 Miles From Florida To S. Carolina. Found At Depths Of 655 To 3,280 Ft In The Atlantic, It Relies On Filtering Food Particles. The Reef, Nearly 3x The Size Of Yellowstone, Hints At More Hidden Deep-Sea Reefs. The Great Barrier Reef Is ~ 1,430…

Researchers Have Discovered, In Peru’s Ica Valley, Fossils Of Perucetus Colossus, A Prehistoric Whale Said To Be The Heaviest Animal To Have Ever Lived On Earth—Possibly Weighing 2-3x The Blue Whale. The Colossal Nature Of The Creature, Which Swam The Seas About 39 Mya, Suggests That It Navigated Shallow Waters Using An Undulating Swimming Technique.

A Team Of Australian Scientists, On October 20th, 2020, Discovered A Unique Reef, The First In 120 Years, In The Great Barrier Reef. The Reef Is Unique Because It Is Said To Be Massive (~1,600-Foot-Tall), Dwarfing Iconic Skyscrapers Like The Petronas Twin Towers In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, And The New York City’s Empire State Building.

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Researchers, From Florida Aquarium, For The First Time Spawned An Endangered Atlantic Pillar Coral Using Advanced LED Technology And Aquarium, Which Is Computer-Controlled To Mimic Sunrises, Sunsets, Moon Phases, Temperature And Water Quality Parameters That Subtly Signal Corals To Reproduce. This Could Help Restore Endangered Corals.

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The Discovery Of A Major Coral Reef, As Long As Delaware, 160 Miles Off The Coast Of Charleston, South Carolina, During An Ongoing Deep-sea Survey, May Help Predict The Possible Locations Of Coral Reef, A Major Component Of The Marine Ecosystem, So That The Reefs Could Be Found And Be Protected.

Scientists Discovered A Massive Deep…