Alien frog invasion wreaks havoc on natural habitat
A warning on World Environment DayCredit: Christine Taylor Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the carnivorous spotted-thighed frog - ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Larger streams are critical for wild brook trout conservation
Credit: Shannon White, Penn State The Latin name for brook trout -- Salvelinus fontinalis -- means "speckled fish of the ...
New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and mucus filters
Credit: Image: © 2020 MBARI Living in an essentially zero-gravity environment, many deep-sea animals have evolved soft, gelatinous bodies and ...
Bacteria fed by algae biochemicals can harm coral health
Credit: Ty Roach Though corals worldwide are threatened due to climate change and local stressors, the front lines of the ...
UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency
Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissueCredit: Atouli Chatterjee / UC Irvine, Calif., June 2, 2020 -- ...
Blood markers predict Humboldt penguin nest type, reproductive success
Credit: Photo by Michael Adkesson CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- From March to December every year, Humboldt penguins nest in vast colonies ...
Gene found that causes eyes to wither in cavefish
University of Maryland-led study identified the first gene responsible for eye loss in cavefish, revealing connection to a human vascular ...
Report on New Caledonia’s coral reefs offers a glimmer of hope for the future
Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition surveyed and mapped New Caledonia's most remote coral reefs--some for the first timeCredit: © ...
Loggerhead sea turtles host diverse community of miniature organisms
Credit: Matthew Ware / Florida State University There is a world of life on the backs of loggerhead sea turtles, ...
Ten years of ecosystem services matrix: Review of a (r)evolution
Credit: Pensoft In recent years, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ES): the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as pollination ...
Big vegetarians of the reef drive fish evolution
Credit: Victor Huertas A new study reveals the diets of reef fish dictate how fast different species evolve. The breakthrough ...
Disorder in fish shoals may reap rewards at dinner time
Credit: James Herbert-Read and Hannah MacGregor The advantages of animals foraging in an orderly group are well-known, but research by ...
Fishing less could be a win for both lobstermen and endangered whales
Credit: (Image courtesy of EcoHealth Alliance, NOAA Permit #932-1905). A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
Ocean virus hijacks carbon-storing bacteria
Rice scientists analyze structure, mechanism of phage protein that steals electronsCredit: Illustration by Ian Campbell/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 22, ...
uOttawa researchers discover new sex hormone
New hormone that stimulates sexual functions in fish could lead to novel infertility treatments in humansCredit: Pixabay When University of ...
CRISPR a tool for conservation, not just gene editing
Scientists use CRISPR to rapidly identify endangered delta smelt and its look-alikesCredit: Alisha Goodbla/UC Davis The gene-editing technology CRISPR has ...
Mysterious glowing coral reefs are fighting to recover
Credit: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey A new study by the University of Southampton has revealed why some corals ...
Virus prevalence associated with habitat
Study of Caribbean lobsters sheds light on disease and fragile ecosystemsCredit: Charlotte Eve Davies/Swansea University Virus prevalence associated with habitat: ...
Sex as stress management in microbes
Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary ...
The ins and outs of sex change in medaka fish
Credit: TANAKA. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining the sexual characteristics of Japanese rice fish, also called medaka (Oryzias ...