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Species, with only a few dozen seen by humans since first discovered, usually lives in darkness up to 3,300ft below sea level

Noticing some jelly-like, blue blobs on San Diego County's beaches lately? Those are none other than Velella velella, also known as "by-the-wind sailors" or...

By Brittany Hook / Scripps - UCSD / April 25, 2024 In the spring of 2020, a historic red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California. Driven by a bloom of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra, this event brought nighttime displays of bioluminescence to beaches along the coast, from Baja California to Santa Barbara. While the bloom gained…

By Colleen O'Connor Disappointed in the Oscars?  Unhappy your football team lost the Super Bowl. Or that your candidates lost in the primary.  You are not alone. Americans are overwhelmingly unhappy. Why?  Let me count the ways.  Maybe count just the first among the heap of reasons. The majority of voters do not want what…

The new species, which will be called a tailspot wrasse, lives in a very remote location that has strict environmental laws

Ben Frable was part of an expedition to remote islands off Mexico that found the Halichoeres sanchezi, or tailspot wrasse.

A team of scientists, including Ben Frable of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition...

A team of scientists including Ben Frable of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition to remote Mexican islands, it was announced Wednesday.

A team of scientists including Ben Frable of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition to remote Mexican islands, it was announced Wednesday.

Researchers have discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition to remote islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico.