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☆ Oldest fossils of remarkable marine reptiles found in Arctic
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Fossils dating to about 250 million years ago unearthed in a harsh and remote locale - Norway's Arctic island of Spitsbergen - are now providing surprising insight into the rise of ichthyosaurs. The fossils showed this one, which has not yet been given a scientific name, was quite advanced anatomically. The site where the fossils were found is a classic Arctic landscape with high snow-capped mountains along the coast of a deep fjord. The mass extinction shook up land and marine ecosystems and opened opportunities for new species to fill ecological roles vacated by extinct creatures. Fossils show ichthyosaurs giving live birth to their young.

☆ Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established concept. The treaty will create a new body to manage the conservation of ocean life and establish marine protected areas in the high seas. "For the first time, we are getting a binding agreement for the high seas, which until now have hardly been protected," Lemke said. Several marine species — including dolphins, whales, sea turtles and many fish — make long annual migrations, crossing national borders and the high seas. The high seas have long suffered exploitation due to commercial fishing and mining, as well as pollution from chemicals and plastics.

☆ For toothed whales, sound production is all in the nose
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers on Thursday offered a comprehensive explanation for sound production by toothed whales - loud clicks for echolocation, and softer burst pulses and whistles for communication. The researchers used sound-recording tags on sperm whales, false killer whales and bottlenosed dolphins to study sound production in the wild. The sounds made by toothed whales differ from the haunting "singing" by filter-feeding baleen whales. "Toothed whales don't sing like baleen whales," Madsen said. During the course of evolution, toothed whales have lost their vocal folds, but evolved an entirely new set of sound sources in the nose."

☆ Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian's 'vocal fry' to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Toothed whales can use vocal registers like humans to communicate and hunt. Like Kim Kardashian, whales have a "vocal fry" which can be used to find prey in deep sea. This gives them access to falsetto, which allows them to make their high-pitched whistles, and the chesty, vocal fry range, which is how they make echolocation. Christian B. Christensen, Aarhus UniversityAn affectation that shaped toothed whales' evolutionTeglberg and Elemans say this has very much influenced the way dolphins, orcas, and other toothed whales evolved a "Mona Lisa" fixed smile on their face. "While vocal fry may be controversial in humans and may be perceived as everything from annoying toauthoritative, it doubtlessly made toothed whales an evolutionary success story", Elemans adds.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni ruled that the NFL, the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Houston Texans must face Flores' claims of systematic discrimination against Black coaches in the league. Caproni sent Flores' retaliation claim against the Dolphins to private arbitration, along with claims by two other coaches who joined Flores in the suit. Lawyers for the NFL and representatives of the other teams did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The NFL has denied claims of racial discrimination and said it is committed to diversity and equitable employment practices. The league has argued the case should be dismissed because the claims lacked merit, or be sent to arbitration pursuant to the coaches' employment contracts.

☆ Being a digital nomad isn't just for singles. Here's how families make it work
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

To many, the lifestyle of a "digital nomad" is an aspirational one — you can live anywhere in the world, visa permitting, with your laptop as your office. But one factor deters many from the lifestyle: kids. He added that now more resources exist to help people learn about the digital nomad lifestyle, thanks to its growing popularity. Elledge-Penner family: 20 countriesThe beautiful Indonesian island of Bali, famed for its laidback lifestyle, is a popular destination for digital nomads. Penner said the key to making the lifestyle work for them is "connecting with people" and not approaching places "as a travel highlight hit list."

☆ I'm a professional shark spotter. It took time to get confident at it – this is what I've learned.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Richard Holmes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Naveron Lesch gave up working on traditional fishing boats to work as shark spotter in South Africa. If we sight a shark, we'll radio the spotter down on the beach and, if necessary, set off the shark siren to clear the water. If it's my day for a double shift, I'll move down to the beach and relieve the beach spotter. So you have to know shark behavior and decide how close the shark is going to get to the people in the water. The biggest shark I've seen was at Muizenberg Beach about five years ago, when I had trainees spotting with me.

☆ Fearless Alcaraz can show next-gen how to topple Djokovic, say sports psychology experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Florida-based Patrick Cohn, who teaches mental skills and sports psychology techniques to professional athletes, said he was not surprised Djokovic was still dominating the next generation. Cohn believes young players must rely on better preparation, tactics and develop a stronger mental game to topple Djokovic. I suggest to younger players that they view opponents as nameless and rankless." Former tennis player Jeff Greenwald, now a sports psychology consultant, said the Spanish world number two possessed rare qualities required to excel at the elite level. He will be a contender and likely one of the players who begins to take a bite out of Djokovic."

☆ Mexico City restaurant plans Super Bowl party as NFL marketing pays off
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Angelica Medina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - As the United States gears up for the Super Bowl on Sunday, one Texan restaurant in Mexico City is looking to offer patrons an authentic American experience with a party that promises a stadium-like atmosphere in a renovated warehouse. "There's a lot more that unites us than what divides us, we want to celebrate that," Defossey said, and on Sunday he hopes to unite people with the complete Super Bowl experience including barbecue and beer. Defossey's annual Super Bowl party will offer patrons authentic Texan barbecue food as they watch the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Mexico hosts the American Bowl exhibition game series which featured the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers playing in the capital. Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Larry Csonka: Still Perfection, 50 Years Later
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Larry Csonka. Has a name done a better job describing a football player? The Ohio-born Miami Dolphins fullback, aka “Zonk,” smashed and strong-armed his way through a Hall of Fame career which included the magical undefeated 1972 season—still the only Super Bowl champion to go unbeaten. Now 76, Csonka is splitting time between Florida, North Carolina, and his beloved Alaska, an author of a recently-published autobiography (“Head On”) keeping fit and staying connected to the hard-nosed game he helped define. Here we are, a half-century later, and the ’72 Dolphins remain the only undefeated season Super Bowl winner.

☆ Mahomes magic put to the test as Chiefs face Eagles in Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PHOENIX, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Patrick Mahomes will look to pull one more rabbit out of his hat on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl 57. Mahomes overcame a high-ankle sprain in the divisional round to get the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in four years, producing a heroic late-game sprint to help clinch the AFC Championship. Mahomes has helped his favorite target Travis Kelce become one of the greatest tight ends ever to play the game. Kelce is keen to banish memories of their last Super Bowl appearance two years ago, when Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccanneers humiliated them 31-9. "The last taste I had in my mouth of the Super Bowl, it wasn't too good," said Kelce, who will make history at State Farm Stadium with his brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, as the first siblings to play each other in a Super Bowl.

☆ Brazilian fishermen follow instructions from wild dolphins to know where to throw their nets, video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A video shows a rare example of wild dolphins collaborating with humans to fish in a small lagoon in Brazil. The dolphins learned how to tell the humans exactly when to throw their nets to catch the most fish. The fishers need the dolphins to know when to cast their netsFishermen toss these circular nets to catch the fish in the water. After the net is cast, the dolphins can catch stray fish or pick a few fish out of the net. The Laguna dolphins are about 13% more likely to reach old age, per the study.

☆ Still work to do says Goodell as old problems resurface
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Instead, he was grilled about the league's painfully slow progress when it comes to inclusion and diversity, particularly among head coaches. During last year's pre-game address, Goodell acknowledged that the NFL had fallen short when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Another persistent headache for the NFL are concussions, which jumped 18% during the 2022 regular season after three years of decline. The league came under intense criticism for its response to a concussion suffered by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in September. "Anytime we can change the protocols to make it safer for our players we're going to do that," assured Goodell.

☆ A 16-year-old girl killed in a shark attack was swimming in a river, not the ocean. Bull sharks — considered by some experts the most dangerous — are the rare species that swims in fresh water.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But when a 16-year-old girl in Australia was killed in a shark attack on Saturday, she wasn't swimming in the ocean. Bull sharks are considered by many experts to be the most dangerous sharks in the world. Still, although you are more likely to encounter a bull shark in a river than another species, attacks remain uncommon. In 2022, there were 57 unprovoked shark attacks on humans worldwide, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File. Bull sharks, great white sharks, and tiger sharks are the most common species to be involved in an attack.

☆ Girl killed in shark attack on Australia's west coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Police believe the victim was with friends and jumped off a jet ski to swim with a pod of dolphins in the river when the shark attack occurred. People were being urged to take extra caution in the Swan River around Fremantle in the wake of the mauling. The last fatal shark attack in Western Australian waters was in November 2021 when a 57-year-old man was killed by a great white shark at Perth's Port Beach. A man was severely injured by a bull shark while swimming in the Swan River in January 2021. Australia ranked behind only the United States in the number of unprovoked shark bites on humans in 2021, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.

☆ A bull shark likely behind fatal attack of 16-year-old girl swimming in a river, say authorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Authorities in Perth, Western Australia, believe that a bull shark is responsible for a fatal attack. Bull sharks, which can live in salt and fresh water, can be aggressive though fatal attacks are rare. Bull sharks are the most dangerous sharks in the world, according to many experts, because they hunt along shorelines where people gather to swim. One of the biggest bull sharks recorded was 13 feet long and weighed 990 pounds. The Swan River had not seen a fatal shark attack since January 1923, when a bull shark killed a 13-year-old boy.

☆ Concussions jump 18% but overall injuries down, says NFL
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

According to season-ending data compiled by the NFL, there were a total of 149 concussions suffered over 271 regular season games, representing a significant increase over 2021. Medical teams performed an average of 1.6 evaluations per game last season, while medical timeouts called by spotters and officials nearly doubled. "We are doing more evaluations than ever and we did change the protocol, becoming more conservative, and we had more medical timeouts and continue to emphasis player self report." While concussions were up the number of overall injuries was down 5.6%. Despite signs of a concussion, the Miami quarterback was allowed to return to the game after passing the league mandated protocol.

☆ Hall of Fame GM Bobby Beathard dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

February 2 - Hall of Fame NFL executive Bobby Beathard, an architect of four Super Bowl titles for two different teams, has died at age 86. Beathard was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2018. For Bobby Beathard, it doesn't nearly do the man justice," Chargers owner Dean Spanos said in a statement. "We are saddened by the passing of former Dolphins executive & Hall of Famer, Bobby Beathard," the Dolphins said in a statement. He hired coach Joe Gibbs and drafted Hall of Fame players Art Monk, Russ Grimm and Darrell Green, leading to Super Bowl titles in 1982 and 1987.

☆ Here's what happens when US Navy special operators go up against dolphins trained to keep them out of sensitive bases
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US Navy has been training dolphins and sea lions to detect undersea threats since the 1960s. "Those mammals were very real and very scary," a former US Navy SEAL officer told Insider. The program tested out a number of animals but found dolphins and sea lions to be the best suited for the mission. The US military wasn't the only one using dolphins and sea lions to protect its warships and ports. BUD/S course instructors "have a sadistic tendency to scare the shit out of students before open-water swims," the former Navy SEAL officer said.

☆ A 35-year-old former NFL defensive lineman, Chris Baker, says he almost died from a stroke
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Tyler Lauletta | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Former NFL defensive tackle shared that he suffered a stroke earlier this week in an Instagram post. "I can't believe I had a stroke," Chris Baker wrote on Instagram. "Tell your loved ones you love 'em, my life almost ended 2 days ago," Baker wrote on his Instagram story on Tuesday. "I can't believe I had a stroke," Baker said. Baker went undrafted in 2009 and spent his first two NFL seasons on the periphery of active rosters with both the Broncos and Dolphins.

☆ Veteran cruise-goer says Carnival's inadvertent 'cruise to nowhere' dimmed her vacation dream of getting some peace and quiet on the boat
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Carnival Sunshine became a "cruise to nowhere" after windy weather kept the ship from docking. Longtime cruiser Margie Marsh told Insider she hadn't even planned to get off the boat in the first place. But the cancelled port stop challenged her efforts to seek peace and quiet onboard the ship. Another passenger onboard the Carnival Sunshine told Insider earlier this month that the cancellation was a massive disappointment for her family, all of whom were first-time cruise goers and international travelers. Cruise goers told Insider each stateroom also received a $100 onboard credit, as well as a voucher for money off a future cruise.

Companies Costco Wholesale Corp FollowJan 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday said Costco Wholesale Corp (COST.O) must face a lawsuit claiming it falsely advertises and labels its canned tuna as "dolphin safe" despite using fishing methods that harm and kill dolphins. The Issaquah, Washington-based retailer said Wright only speculated about the risk to dolphins in tuna she bought, and that it made no promises about dolphin safety beyond using a "dolphin safe" logo on labels. He said this was particularly important because consumers "overwhelmingly" prefer tuna labeled dolphin-safe when given a choice. The case is Wright v Costco Wholesale Corp, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Mehr Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Damar Hamlin tweets he's supporting Bills from home as he focuses on recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is tuning into his team's Sunday home game against the Miami Dolphins from his home as he focuses on continuing his recovery from his Jan. 2 cardiac arrest, he said in a tweet. The wild card game comes after the the Bills-Bengals game in which Hamlin collapsed was cancelled, leaving them with the No. Hamlin was released on Monday from the Ohio hospital where he had been receiving treatment since his cardiac arrest. He was transferred to a hospital in Buffalo, New York to continue recovering and was discharged Wednesday in what doctors called a remarkable recovery. The Bills said in a statement Wednesday that Hamlin underwent a "comprehensive medical evaluation" and cardiac, neurological and vascular testing before being discharged from the Buffalo hospital.

☆ Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will not attend Sunday game after cardiac arrest despite previous reports, but says he wants 'to be out there with them!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Damar Hamlin is not attending the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday, despite prior reports. A source told the AP Hamlin is expected to attend the game, but later said "plans may have changed." The player confirmed on Twitter shortly before kickoff he is "supporting from home." Fellow Bills safety Matt Milano shared images of the player smiling and shaking hands with a teammate on his Instagram story. Hamlin's Saturday return to Orchard Park comes after he spent more than a week in the hospital in critical condition.

☆ 'My heart is with my guys': Hamlin to watch Bills-Dolphins game from home
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Damar Hamlin voiced support for his Buffalo Bills ahead of their playoff game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, which he said he would watch from home as he continues his recovery from cardiac arrest less than two weeks ago. Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals moments after making a tackle but has made remarkable strides in his recovery and was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday so he could continue his rehabilitation at home. "My heart is with my guys as they compete today!" Hamlin wrote on Twitter. The 24-year-old safety was also able to watch the Bills regular-season finale last week from his hospital bed in Cincinnati where he live-tweeted throughout the game.

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