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January 22, 2025
We are pleased to present a photographic catalogue that highlights the rich marine biodiversity of the Saya de Malha Bank, showcasing 113 identified taxa from its shallow waters (less than 100 m depth). The images were captured during the 2018 R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen ecosystem survey, conducted as part of the project “Characterising the marine...
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In a remarkable discovery, researchers led by Ekaterina Kalashnikova from BCSS have documented the longest recorded migration of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), an adult male that traversed an astonishing 13,046 km between breeding grounds in the eastern Pacific and the southwest Indian Ocean, with potential travel extending up to 18,000 km. This extraordinary journey,...
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