Defence technology company, BlueHalo, recently announced its acquisition of VideoRay, developer and manufacturer of ROVs. The new VideoRay unit gives BlueHalo a presence in the unmanned maritime market.
Press Release at: VideoRay.com
E/V Nautilus finds nautilus in Palau on last dive of 2024
How fun when you find your name-sake!
A very rare Bigfin squid, Magnapinna, was spotted in the Tonga Trench
University of Australia researchers captured rare footage of a bigfin squid using a ROV deployed ~11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench
ROVs collect coral samples for research
More and more scientists are using underwater ROVs to observe marine habitats and collect samples for testing and DNA sequencing. The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Marine Genomics Unit is only one such example, partnering with Japanese telecommunications company NTT Communications to identify a genera of mesophotic (“middle light”) corals.
Full article at: Science Daily 15feb24
Research paper at: Springer Nature 25nov24
MBARI’s ROV Tiburon discovers a very unusual deep-sea sea slug
About the size of an apple, this sea lug / nudibranch, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is unlike any sea slug Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have seen previously.
Bathydevius is a swimming sea slug, glows with bioluminescence, and has a body with a paddle-like tail and a large gelatinous hood. It is also the first sea slug found to live in the deep ocean. Typically, sea slugs live on the seafloor or in coastal environments like tidal pools.
Full article at: CNN Science 12nov24