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‘Jellyfish Soup’: Annual Mass Spawning Arrives Early All Over Malta
From LovinMalta Heaps of huge jellyfish were spotted in Comino and all around Malta yesterday, meaning the annual mass spawning arrived much earlier than expected. ”Seems that the annual mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) mass spawning (release of eggs) is in full swing already this year, courtesy of the calm weather we have had over the Read More
Rare bull ray spotted swimming in Maltese waters
From timesofmalta.com A rare and endangered species of stingray has been spotted in Maltese waters. The bull ray or Aetomylaeus bovinus was spotted by free diver Glorianne Sciberras who shared footage of the creature skimming along the sandy bottom of a Maltese bay during a night dive. The bull ray can usually be distinguished from Read More
New edition of Xjenza Online
From Times of Malta Articles about various research studies recently conducted in Malta on themes ranging from mathematics and medicine to economics and social sciences, are included in the latest edition of Xjenza Online, the Malta Chamber of Scientists’ science journal, which was recently published. In one research project, researchers from the Aquaculture Directorate at Read More
Call-Out by Frederick Galea
A wartime diary of the air/sea rescue operations at Malta. Some of these stories include aircraft that are now part of the Malta Virtual Underwater Museum. Stories of recoveries of some of these aircraft are also included in Frederick Galea’s Aviation Historical Recoveries section on our site. By: Frederick R Galea Format: Hardback No of Read More
Loggerhead turtle encounter
Loggerhead turtle encounter off the Maltese Islands….one of the 2 marine turtle species known to nest on Mediterranean beaches….thanks to Gabriel Bugelli for the great videos! Post by Alan Deidun on Facebook
Brittle star
Serpentine arms for walking around….this is a brittle star, a close relative of Starfish and sea urchins which uses its flexible arms to move around….it can lose most of its arms and can re-grow all of them as.long as it still has one left…..nocturnal predators….photo courtesy of colleague Alessio Marrone Post by Alan Deidun on Read More
