Solving the Mysteries of the Sea: Biologists in Norway Strive to Discover...
More than a thousand new species -nearly one-quarter of which are new to science — have been discovered in Norway since a unique effort to find and name all of the country’s species began in 2009. The...
View ArticleGoing Back to Where It All Began: Research on Eels’ History and Survival
The European eel is one of the world’s many critically endangered species. Comprehensive protection is difficult because many details of the eel’s complex life cycle remain unknown. In a...
View ArticleLeaping Snails!: Sea Snails May Lose Their Jumping Ability
Sea snails that leap to escape their predators may soon lose their extraordinary jumping ability because of rising human carbon dioxide emissions, a team of international scientists has discovered....
View ArticleSome Like it Cold: Sea Anemones found in Antarctica
Using a camera-equipped robot to explore beneath the Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica, scientists and engineers with the Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program made an astonishing discovery....
View Article“Reforesting” a Reef: A Reef Gets a Seaweed Transplant
Marine ecologists in Sydney have successfully restored a once thriving seaweed species, which vanished along a stretch of the city’s coastline during the 1970s and 80s when there were high levels of...
View ArticleA Look Into the Mysterious Life of Juvenile Sea Turtles
Small satellite-tracking devices attached to sea turtles swimming off Florida’s coast have delivered first-of-its-kind data that could help unlock they mystery of what endangered turtles do during the...
View ArticleResearch Reveals Strange Marine Mammals of the Ancient North Pacific
The pre-Ice Age marine mammal community of the North Pacific formed a strangely eclectic scene, research by a Geology PhD student at New Zealand’s University of Otago reveals. Studying hundreds of...
View ArticleScientists Discover a New Species of Beaked Whale
Beaked whales, a widespread but little-known family of toothed whales distantly related to sperm whales, are found in deep ocean waters beyond the edge of the continental shelf throughout the world’s...
View ArticleLife in the Splash Zone
One of the world’s strangest animals – a legless, leaping fish that lives on land – uses camouflage to avoid attacks by predators such as birds, lizards and crabs, new research shows. UNSW researchers,...
View ArticleCichlid Fish Display Extensive Social Interactions
Neolamprologus pulcher (N. pulcher) is the breed of cichlid used in the study. Credit: Dario Josi A new study shows that cichlid fish reared in larger social groups from birth display a greater and...
View ArticleFirst In Fish: ‘Fully Warm-Blooded’ Moonfish Prowls The Deep Seas
Over decades of studying the oceans’ fishes, some species have been found to have partial warm-bloodedness. But scientists say the opah, or moonfish, circulates heated blood — and puts it to a...
View ArticleDeadly Sponges Snuffing-Out Coral Colonies
Brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) overgrown and smothered by the lavender branching sponge Aplysina cauliformis. Joseph Pawlik, UNCW It sounds like the plot of a B-movie, but researchers have...
View ArticleClever fish around the coast of Mallorca Island avoid fishing lines
A clever painted comber in its natural habitat at the coast of Mallorca. Credit: Josep Alós To avoid overfishing and aid in sustainable exploitation, the status of the fish stocks has to be monitored...
View ArticleIconic Indian fish on the brink of extinction
Humpback Mahseer. Credit: Bournemouth University The legendary humpback Mahseer, one of the world’s most iconic freshwater fish, is on the brink of extinction according to scientists from Bournemouth...
View ArticleGenetic analysis of the American eel helps explain its decline
American Eels of the upper St. Lawrence grow slowly but attain larger sizes (top) compared with eels in coastal areas (bottom). Credit: Guy Verreault/Current Biology 2015 The American eel has been a...
View ArticleWarmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats
Rock crab habitats are predicted to shift away from warm temperatures at the equator and toward shallower, more oxygenated water. Credit: J. MacCausland / U.S. Geological Survey Modern mountain...
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