CLEVELAND, Ohio – A ship that docked in Cleveland last summer harbored what scientists believe was a previously unknown form of life.
The revelation occurred after the research vessel Blue Heron, which was monitoring harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, began having mechanical issues.
The captain, Rual Lee, piloted the boat to Cleveland where it could be examined in a dry dock at Great Lakes Shipyard on the Old River Channel of the Cuyahoga River…