Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Credit: University of Exeter Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans, ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
Credit: L. Candisani/Courtesy Insituto Aqualie A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of ...
New deep-water coral discovered
Credit: Hector Guzman/STRI Pax, Latin for 'peace' made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered off ...
California’s crashing kelp forest
How disease, warming waters, and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fisheryCredit: Peggy ...
Newly discovered virus infects bald eagles across America
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle ...
New study uncovers ‘magnetic’ memory of European glass eels
Researchers find first evidence of a fish capable of forming and retaining a magnetic memory of water currentsCredit: Alessandro Cresci ...
Human medicines affect fish behavior
Credit: Anna Nilsen/LiU Human medicines that act on important signal systems in the brain make fish bolder, shows a new ...
Researchers leverage new grant to benefit climate, cows
New England scientists will test algae for dietary supplements to decrease methane emission by cattleCredit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ...
Reclamation awards $8.9 million for innovative solutions in water and power management
Credit: Bureau of Reclamation/Alex Stephens The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $8.9 million to 27 new research projects and 114 ...
Two new porcelain crab species discovered
Credit: T. Britayev and D. Martin Two new porcelain crab species have been described in the ZooKeys journal by scientists ...
Piranha fish swap old teeth for new simultaneously
Credit: University of Washington Piranha fish have a powerful bite. Their teeth help them shred through the flesh of their ...
Researchers describe a survival strategy in living corals which was only seen in fossil records
Heatwaves in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting Some corals can recover after massive mortality episodes caused by the water temperature rise. ...
Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy
Credit: © 2019 The People Seas Initiative The economic potential of the oceans is expected to double from US$1.5 trillion ...
Many cooks don’t spoil the broth: Manifold symbionts prepare the host for any eventuality
Deep-sea mussels harbor up to 16 different strains of bacteria in their gills, keeping them prepared for environmental changesCredit: MARUM ...
Bid to reconstruct richness of prehistoric oceans
Credit: Paul Butler Scientists are reconstructing the world's "pristine" prehistoric oceans. Ocean conservation is a global concern, but the researchers ...
Right whale mothers ‘whisper’ to their calves to avoid attracting predators
Credit: Christin Khan, NOAA Fisheries DURHAM, N.C. -- As new moms, North Atlantic right whales tone down their underwater vocalizations ...
Study offers solution to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle
Credit: IMAS New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that ...
Reef fish caring for their young are taken advantage of by other fish
Biologists have reported the first evidence of brood parasitism in coral reef fish, finding unrelated young fish in groups of ...
Hush, little baby: Mother right whales ‘whisper’ to calves
Credit: Photo by Dana Cusano, Syracuse University; NMFS Permit #775-1875 On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was ...
A unique study sheds light on the ecology of the glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris
The species is adapted to cold water and would not survive in rising water temperatures due to climate changeCredit: The ...