7 h. ago Manta man: film profiles unlikely bond between diver and giant sea creature

The Last Dive tells how a relationship with a giant Pacific manta ray turned a big game fish hunter into a conservationistLocated about 500km off the southern coast of Baja California lies a group of ancient volcanic islands known as the Revillagigedo Archipelago. Home to large pelagic species including whale sharks and scalloped hammerheads, the rugged volcanic peaks were also once the site of an unlikely friendship.It began in December 1988 when Terry Kennedy, a now 83-year-old American sailor with a storied past, met a six-meter-wide giant Pacific manta ray off San Benedicto island’s rugged shore. He would go on to name him Willy. “When I saw him beside the boat, as massive as he was, I just had to get in the water just to see him,” says Kennedy. “I threw a tank on and jumped over, but I didn’t see him anywhere. He couldn’t have vanished that quick. And then I looked straight down and he was coming up underneath me. He was about four feet away and rising so I had no way to get of...

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35 h. ago Harrowing plight of world's loneliest killer whales and dolphins: Tragic stories behind majestic sea creatures neglected and abused in marine parks

Some of the most disturbing cases of animal abuse in recent memory have unfolded at marine parks.

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4 d. ago Ultra rare 'Harbinger of Doom' fish seen as a sign of looming natural disaster washes up on Australian beach

The sea creature was discovered on Ocean Beach on the western coast of the Australian island on Monday by dogwalker Sybil Robertson.

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2 w. ago 'Supergiant' horrifying sea creature could be living in 59% of world's deepest oceans

A “gigantic” and rare deep sea creature first discovered in the 1800s, could inhabit up to 59% of the world’s deep oceans according to a new study from the University of Western Australia

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2 w. ago Mystery 'sea monster' bones baffling boffs for years finally confirmed as brand new beast

A bunch of prehistoric bones seemingly belonging to one freaky sea creature has baffled scientists for decades, however a new discovery may have finally revealed who they belong to

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2 w. ago Weird sea creature ‘balloons’ are washing up on North Carolina beaches

Officials are issuing warnings for Portuguese man-of-war along a roughly 150-mile stretch from Cape Lookout in North Carolina to the South Carolina state line

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