Broken promises: Almost 80% of threatened species lack sufficient protection
Credit: TJ Watt A failure by governments to deliver on commitments under a global nature conservation treaty, the Convention on ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
The propagation of admixture-derived evolutionary potential
Credit: Tohoku University Adaptive radiation - the rapid evolution of many new species from a single ancestor - is a ...
Tweaks to land-based conservation efforts would pay huge freshwater ecosystem dividends
Credit: Rede Amazo?nia Sustanta?vel (6) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Conservation projects aimed at protecting land-dwelling species could net major gains in ...
A factor limiting recovery from bleaching in corals
Credit: NIBB Increases in seawater temperature can cause coral bleaching through the loss of symbiotic algae. Corals can recover from ...
Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA ...
Conservation planning in Amazon should prioritize aquatic biodiversity, study concludes
Simulations using field data suggest focusing on the protection of species that live in rivers and lakes can be more ...
Pattern in whale songs predicts migration
Credit: Jeremy Goldbogen The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a ...
Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evidence of evolutionary rescue in the wild
Credit: Katharine Clayton, University of Plymouth A tiny flatworm found commonly on the coasts of western Europe and North America ...
Alien species to increase by 36% worldwide by 2050
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL The number of alien (non-native) species, particularly insects, arthropods and birds, is expected to increase ...
Planktonic sea snails and slugs may be more adaptable to ocean acidification than expected
An evolutionary study finds that pteropods, or "wing-footed" sea snails and slugs, have faced acidified oceans in the past - ...
Coral’s resilience to warming may depend on iron
Limited access to iron at high temperatures impairs growth and function of microalgae that live within coral cellsCredit: Penn State ...
Ocean warming and acidification effects on calcareous phytoplankton communities
Credit: ICTA-UAB A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...
How the Humboldt squid’s genetic past and present can secure its future
Marine biologists studying the genetic structure of the Humboldt squid population found it is vulnerable to overfishing by fleets on ...
Aquatic hitchhikers: Using mobile technology to predict invasive species transmission
Credit: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation A cooler full of fish might not be the only thing anglers bring back ...
How a toxic chromium species could form in drinking water
Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03922 The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to ...
Vessel noise present year-round at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Credit: J. Stock/Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary NEWPORT, Ore. - The environment in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary off ...
Is it one or two species? The case of the cluster anemones
Credit: University of Bologna If you dive in the Mediterranean Sea, the cluster anemone is among the most fascinating and ...
Marine biodiversity reshuffles under warmer and sea ice-free Pacific Arctic
Credit: Irene D. Alabia, et al., Science of The Total Environment, supplementary file, July 15, 2020 Climate warming will alter ...
Mussels connect antibodies to treat cancer
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) Antibody-based immunotherapy is one of treatment options for cancer immunotherapy by modulating our immune system ...
USC-led study traces the evolution of gill covers
Credit: Christine Hirschberger, University of Cambridge) The emergence of jaws in primitive fish allowed vertebrates to become top predators. What ...