Announcing the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award Winners
Credit: BioOne WASHINGTON, D.C. -- BioOne (about.BioOne.org) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award. These ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
URI oceanographers reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters
Credit: (Animation by Afonso Gonçalves Neto) KINGSTON, R.I., -- April 20, 2021 -- The Northwest Atlantic Shelf is one of ...
After 40 years, new fish species in named by students on Guam
Credit: Brian Sidlauskas, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Four decades after their capture more than a half-mile below the ...
Biologists discover a new type of placental structure in animals
The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique ...
Northern Red Sea corals live close to the threshold of resistance to cold temperatures
Though these corals can tolerate very high temperatures, a new study reveals that even a slight cold spell can cause ...
Corals go hungry long before they bleach
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith The results of coral beaching are obvious -- stark underwater forests of white coral ...
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna
Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer ...
As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously ‘profound Ignorance’
The unknown direction and pace of change in microbial -- including viral -- biodiversity may have deep consequences for all ...
USU researchers develop power converter for long-distance, underwater electric grids
Credit: Photo by Steve Johnson News Release -- Logan, UT -- Apr. 16, 2021 -- A team of researchers from ...
Quality and quantity of enrichments influence well-being of aquaculture fishes
Credit: Pekka Hyvärinen/Luke Collaborative research of the University of Jyvaskyla and Natural Research Institute Finland presents new evidence of the ...
A rich marine algal ecosystem 600 million years earlier than previously thought
Biomarker evidence from fossilised algae remainsCredit: © Don E. Canfield/University of Southern Denmark The first photosynthetic oxygen-producing organisms on Earth ...
Microorganisms on the Rio Grande Rise are a basis for life and a possible origin of metals
Researchers conducted the first large-scale survey of the microbiota present in the seamount's ferromanganese crusts, describing bacteria and archaea involved ...
Coral reefs prevent more than $5.3 billion in potential flood damage for US property owners
Credit: Map by Chris Lowrie and Jessica Kendall-Bar Coral reefs provide many services to coastal communities, including critical protection from ...
How can we conserve Seychelles giant trevallies?
Revealing where and why giant trevally roam as they grow helps us understand how to better protect themCredit: Photo © ...
Reliably measuring whether rivers or lakes run out of air
International study shows that freshwater polluted by fecal material can be determined more quickly and reliably using a new technique.Credit: ...
Dueling evolutionary forces drive rapid evolution of salamander coloration
Credit: Sean Giery, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two opposing evolutionary forces explain the presence of the two different ...
Blood vessel formation in damaged tissues with mussel adhesive protein
Credit: POSTECH Blood vessels deliver nutrients and oxygen to each organ in our body. They are difficult to completely restore ...
Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations
Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can ...
A discovery that “literally changes the textbook”
MSU's expertise in fish biology, genetics helping researchers rewrite evolutionary history and shape future health studiesCredit: Reprinted with permission from ...
New discovery uncovers secret switch that could revolutionise heart attack treatment
Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have discovered a critical new gene that it is hoped could help ...