Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology

Credit: University of Exeter Killer whales have complex social structures including close "friendships", according to a new study that used ...

Credit: POSTECH The eye is the first sensory organ that recognizes the presence or shape of an object. The conjunctiva ...

Credit: Anne Devan-Song KINGSTON, R.I. - June 14, 2021 - The rarest frog in Rhode Island may not be as ...

Methane-eating microbes help regulate Earth's temperatures with remarkably high metabolic rates within seafloor carbonate rocksCredit: Courtesy of Courtesy of the ...

One of the smallest and most threatened dolphin species worldwideCredit: Massimiliano Drago, UB-IRBio The concentration of potentially toxic metals is ...

Intensive water management promotes 'live fast, die young' cycle in floodplain forestsCredit: John Stella, ESF A study of woodland ecosystems ...

New paper provides framework for how scientists can leverage community-generated data to monitor global biodiversity changeCredit: © Calla Allison SAN ...

Credit: Sayed Abdullakoya Research from the University of Washington shows that endangered blue whales are present and singing off the ...

Long-term exposure to artificial light decreasing survival of a coral reef fishCredit: Frederic Zuberer Young clownfish living closest to shore ...

Credit: Clara Amorim During spring, Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) suitors form choirs in Portugal's Tagus estuary to serenade the females, ...

Credit: SNIFFDRONE, ATTRACT initiative (GA 777222, Horizon 2020). The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as ...

Novel methods and dedicated fieldwork offer good news for cleaning up mining pollution in riversCredit: Dave Herbst Mining involves moving ...

Credit: Patricia Tiffany Angkiriwang Financing a sustainable global ocean economy may require a Paris Agreement type effort, according to a ...

UNESCO IOC delivers 1st global assessment report after 7 years' work by 109 experts in 35 countries, creating a baseline ...

Seek public comment on global youth crowd-sourced ocean policy framework to balance ocean, human, climate, and economic healthCredit: SOA Concerned ...

Credit: Jenna Crowe-Riddell Decades of research has revealed the remarkable morphological adaptations of sea snakes to aquatic life, which include ...

Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cyclingCredit: Klawonn et al. 2021, PNAS Tiny algae in ...

Credit: Photograph by Michael Moore and Carolyn Miller (WHOI), authorized by NMFS research permit #21371. Whales are largely protected from ...

Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...

Changes threaten biodiversity and drinking water qualityCredit: Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota TROY, N.Y. -- Oxygen levels in the world's ...