Pacific Lamprey: Ancient Vertebrate with Unique Feeding Habits and Life Cycle

Pacific Lamprey: Ancient Vertebrate with Unique Feeding Habits and Life Cycle

The Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) lives in freshwater or along the North Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and in the Bering Sea from Russia to Japan. Minnows feed on the blood and body fluids of other fish. Pacific lampreys are special in that they belong to the oldest vertebrate group, the jawless. Today, there … Read more

The Disappearance of Tom and Aileen Lonergan: A Tragic Dive Adventure in the Great Barrier Reef

The Disappearance of Tom and Aileen Lonergan: A Tragic Dive Adventure in the Great Barrier Reef

On January 25, 1998, Tom and Aileen Lonergan, a married American couple, went diving with a group of tourists in a dive boat from Port Douglas, Australia to St. Crispin’s Reef, a popular diving site in the Great Barrier Reef. There were 26 passengers on the boat through the diving company Outer Edge. The boat’s … Read more

“Dituri’s Neptune Project: Breaking World Records for Underwater Adventures and Human Body Study”

The “Neptune” project – Dituri’s underwater adventures – started on March 1 and now surpassed the record of 73 days set in 2014 by two professors from the state of Tennessee, USA. Dituri, 55, teaches biomedical engineering at the University of South Florida and plans to stay underwater until he reaches 100 days. During this … Read more