The operation on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz employs a shuttling technique long used by Iran to skirt sanctions. There were two specific locations, one off the coast of Fujairah in the UAE and the other off Omans port of Sohar, where the oil transfers take place

The newly identified species, Taczanowskia waska, closely resembles the fruiting body of Gibellula fungus, a parasite that grows on spiders