UTA herpetologists describe new species of snake found in stomach of predator snake
DiscoveryCredit: UT Arlington Herpetologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have described a previously unknown species of snake that ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Scientists discover natural fitness watch in fishes that records their activity levels
Credit: Peter Grønkjær Animals need to eat enough food to provide energy to sustain their bodies, hunt, grow and reproduce. ...
Mangrove patches deserve greater recognition no matter the size
Scientists call on governments to move away from short-term politically driven plans destroying mangrove habitatsCredit: Jofel Coching, ZSL, CMRP Governments ...
Mediterranean freshwater fish species susceptible to climate change
Climate change will strongly affect many European freshwater fish species. This is particularly the case for species in the Mediterranean ...
Green turtle: The success of the reintroduction program in Cayman Islands
At the limits of survival due human overexploitationCredit: Cayman Turtle Center (CTC) The reintroduction program for the green turtle in ...
Otoliths — the fish's black box — also keeps an eye on the metabolism
Fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism; analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how ...
Size matters — To livebearer fish, big fins are a big deal
Females love males with big dorsal fins, but the appendages first evolved for males to fight other malesCredit: UC Riverside ...
Global change could also affect hake fisheries in Tierra del Fuego
Isotopic ecology: Reconstructing diets from the pastCredit: María Bas/ Lluís Cardona (UB-IRBio) A scientific study published in the journal Global ...
Ocean giant gets a health check: Combination blood, tissue test reveals whale shark diets
Credit: Image by K. Sato, Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Center CC-BY-NC-ND. Whale sharks, the world's largest fish, likely endure periods ...
Jellyfish map could be the future to protecting UK waters and fish
Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed maps of chemicals found in jellyfish which could offer a new tool ...
Found Nemo, found Dory with DNA in the seas; Experts prescribe way ahead for new ocean science
Organizers of 1st National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA call for official US Government marine eDNA program; investments to speed ...
Record-breaking ocean temperatures point to trends of global warming
2018 continues record global ocean warmingCredit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences An international team, released the 2018 ocean heat content observations ...
Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime
Credit: Image courtesy Jean-Luc Thiffeault. MADISON -- Hundreds of meters deep in the dark of the ocean, a shark glides ...
New conservation practice could reduce nitrogen pollution in agricultural drainage water
Credit: Transforming Drainage URBANA, Ill. - Every summer, a "dead zone" forms in the Gulf of Mexico. Plumes of oxygen-robbing ...