Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology

Credit: Dhani Researchers measured the population stock in Saleh Bay, Indonesia of the commercially valuable leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), ...

What’s fair game on the high seas?

Sonar innovation could single out sustainable tuna species from afarCredit: International Seafood Sustainability Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 6 -- Sustainability-driven ...

Elasmobranches getting slammed

Credit: Benaya Simeon Elasmobranches - sharks, rays, and skates - are at an elevated risk of extinction due to overfishing, ...

Artificial reef makes its debut at Sydney Opera House

Test for marine biodiversity enhancement value of artificial structuresCredit: Alex Goad What began as a low-tech construction made from milk ...

How flow shapes bacterial biofilms

EPFL biophysicists have taken a systematic look into how bacterial biofilms are affected by fluid flowCredit: © Philippe Barraud Although ...

Toxic metals found in reproductive organs of critically endangered eels

Mystery of shrinking population may be linked to eels devouring their own skeletonsCredit: Marko Freese. Thünen Institute for Fisheries Ecology ...

Surprising enzymes found in giant ocean viruses

Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

Freshwater stingray venom varies according to sex and age

A study by the FAPESP-funded Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center shows that toxins produced by young female stingrays cause more ...

Researchers from IKBFU find out how to strengthen coastal zones of Baltic Sea

Credit: IKBFU Reconstruction and strengthening of coastal zones are the key issues of many industries that are oriented in the ...

Microorganisms on microplastics

Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute ...

Researchers discover what makes deep-sea dragonfish teeth transparent

Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A team of researchers led by the University of California San ...

Why deep-sea dragonfish have transparent teeth

Credit: Marc Meyers Off the coast of San Diego, 500 meters under the sea, pencil-sized sea monsters grin pitch-black smiles ...

Cardinalfish caught sneaking a bit on the side

Scientists have revealed the torrid, adulterous love lives of the mouth-brooding cardinalfish, with cuckoldry going hand-in-hand with cannibalism of the ...

Estimating microplastic consumption

Credit: Monique Raap, University of Victoria Since the mass production of plastics began in the 1940s, the versatile polymers have ...

Early lives of Alaska sockeye salmon accelerating with climate change

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life ...

Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician

Credit: Julien Kimmig / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that ...

Salmon get a major athletic boost via a single enzyme

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, help explain how the fish undertake arduous upstream migrations, ...

Researchers discover cells that change their identity during normal development

Credit: UVA A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and other institutions has discovered a type of ...

Fear of ‘killer shrimps’ could pose major threat to European rivers

Credit: Michal Grabowski, University of Lodz The fear of invasive 'killer shrimps' can intimidate native organisms to such a degree ...

Improvements in water quality could reduce ecological impact of climate change on rivers