Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology

Credit: Diego Camejo (Beneath the Waves). New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until ...

Credit: Davide Seveso Predicting the potential effects of coral loss on fish communities globally is a fundamental task, especially considering ...

Researchers have revealed that praying mantis (mantids) infected with parasitic hairworms are attracted to horizontally polarized light that is strongly ...

Researchers develop a method to reuse previously nonrecyclable plastic WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 -- Biodegradable plastics are supposed to be ...

Scientists from Newcastle University and partners from Northumbrian Water have opened a new facility that will play a key role ...

Two simple compounds break down barriers for circular economy biofuel production WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 - For more than 60 ...

A new study has found baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in the ocean. Lead author ...

Jacob Robinson lab analyzes connections in hydra to understand neural pathways HOUSTON - (June 28, 2021) - Rice University scientists ...

Female elephant seal weigh on average 350 kg, and dive continuously to the ocean's mesopelagic zone, about 200 to 1,000 ...

Environmental disturbances, such as bleaching events, can have lasting consequences across generations of corals Adult corals that survive high-intensity environmental ...

Newspapers regularly carry stories of terrifying shark attacks, but in a paper published today, Oxford-led researchers reveal their discovery of ...

A study describes the gut contents of giant plumose anemones off the coast of the state of Washington BUFFALO, N.Y. ...

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2021 -- About 2.2 billion people globally lack reliable access to clean drinking water, according to the ...

Recent studies show that, in the future, the mercury concentration of fish in Finnish Lapland can shift closer to the ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (GFI APAC), a global nonprofit headquartered in ...

Some dragonfly and damselfly species suffer from habitat loss and degradation, while many species benefit from improved water quality and ...

Study finds new explanation for the accumulation of organic compounds in oxygen-depleted marine areas The Black Sea is an unusual ...

Young Antarctic Weddell seals, unlike most other seals, swim with their mother, and they prioritize learning to swim and navigate ...

Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean. Now, researchers reporting in ...

Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research shows. Phthalates are a group ...