CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-NEW VAMPIRE SQUID SPECIES (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-NEW VAMPIRE SQUID SPECIES (CN)

(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Sept. 13, 2016 shows the specimen similar to Vampyroteuthis infernalis collected in September 2016 at depths between 800 and 1,000 meters in the South China Sea. Chinese scientists have identified a new species of vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), only the second known vampire squid species in the world. TO GO WITH "Chinese researchers find new vampire squid species" (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-CHINA-CORAL REEF ECOLOGY-SYMPOSIUM

SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-CHINA-CORAL REEF ECOLOGY-SYMPOSIUM

(230607) -- COLOMBO, June 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A symposium on coral reef ecology with participation of Sri Lankan and Chinese experts is held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 6, 2023. The symposium was held in Colombo on Tuesday to discuss the current state of coral reefs and explore strategies for their protection and restoration. The symposium was hosted by Colombo Port City with the support of the University of Ruhuna, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China-Sri Lanka Joint Center for Education and Research (CSL-CER), bringing together renowned experts in the field. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

Endangered horseshoe crab spotted in China's Guangxi

STORY: Endangered horseshoe crab spotted in China's Guangxi DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of horseshoe crabs in Guangxi STORYLINE: Researchers from the College of Oceanology at Guangxi Beibu Gulf University in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have recently captured rare video images of a horseshoe crab. The horseshoe crab is a species that has lived on the earth since 400 million years ago and still retains its original appearance. The species, known as "living fossil," was listed on the red list of endangered species by IUCN in 2012 and has become a second-class protected animal in China. The Beibu Gulf of Guangxi and its coasts are the main habitat and breeding area for the species. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Two girls looks into the mouth of a stuffed megamouth just completed at a laboratory in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on July 13. This rare shark, 4.2 meters long, was netted in Suruga Bay on the Pacific in the summer of 2003. It will be put on exhibition at Tokai University's Oceanology Museum in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from July 17 to August 31, 2004.

Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Two girls looks into the mouth of a stuffed megamouth just completed at a laboratory in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on July 13. This rare shark, 4.2 meters long, was netted in Suruga Bay on the Pacific in the summer of 2003. It will be put on exhibition at Tokai University's Oceanology Museum in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from July 17 to August 31, 2004. (Kyodo)