Parts of the UK are at greater risk of invasion by non-native aquatic species than previously thought, according to new research. The first to include human factors in models used to predict where invasive species will arrive ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 1

A study just published in the Journal of Marine Biology sheds new light on the relatively rare but occasionally recorded presence of white sharks in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, and suggests a new ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A study published today in Biology Letters found that ship noise affects crab metabolism, with largest crabs faring worst, and found little evidence that crabs acclimatise to noise over time.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine mammals. The find is described in research published January 16 in the open access ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

A new mosasaur species discovered in Hungary is the first known example of this group of scaled reptiles to have lived in freshwater river environments similar to modern freshwater dolphins, according to ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 19, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

Counting every single fish in the European seas may sound as likely as finding a mermaid, but it seems the world of technology has no boundaries.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers in a new study by scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Liverpool.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 05, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 1 |

An international research team, led by Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI, has completed the sequencing, assembly and analysis of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) genome—the first ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 19, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) -- When tiny aquatic organisms reproduce in large amounts, algal blooms occur that take over portions of open water up to hundreds of miles in area.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 15, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A freshwater snail declared extinct in 2000 was recently rediscovered in the Cahaba River by a University of Alabama graduate student.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 4 |

One of the most invasive species on the planet is able to source food from the land as well as its usual food sources in the water, research from Queen Mary, University of London has found.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 03, 2012 4.8 / 5 (5) 2 |

Research that used mitochondrial DNA-based testing to compare the extent of fraudulent labeling of black caviar purchased before and after international protection shows conservation benefits. A team of scientists ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 25, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Philippine authorities seized some 1,500 live aquarium fish and about 150 live pieces of brain coral at a Manila pier Friday just before they were to be shipped to Japan.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

After Brian Griffin pulls his boat out of West Loon Lake, a couple of weeds dangle from his trailer and propeller.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 09, 2012 not rated yet 2

Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2012 2.3 / 5 (4) 0