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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'

A big fight is brewing over a little fish - a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Research bolsters importance of horseshoe crab spawning for migrating shorebirds

Speculation that the welfare of a small, at-risk shorebird is directly tied to horseshoe crab populations is in part supported by new scientific research, according to a U.S. Geological Survey- led study published this ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

King crab distributions limited by temperature in the Southern Ocean

Invasions of voracious predatory crabs due to global warming could threaten the unique continental-shelf ecosystems of Antarctica, according to newly published findings.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand (w/ Video)

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the soft-shell crab industry, generating ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Questions about incredible sea turtle migration answered

Immediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Plastic trash altering ocean habitats, study shows

A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Voyage to the 'front line' of global warming

When Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls "the front line of climate change", he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Northern California fishermen free entangled whale

(AP) -- Crab fisherman Mark Anello noticed something odd near his boat off the Northern California coast: three buoys floating nearby were moving. Motoring closer he saw a gray whale tangled in a large fishing ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Search on for entangled whale off Calif. coast

(AP) -- Boats and helicopters scoured the Southern California waters Wednesday for a 40-foot gray whale that became tangled in fishing line while migrating the wrong way.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Entangled gray whale off Calif. freed after chase

(AP) -- A migrating gray whale with debris wrapped around its tail was finally freed after rescuers in a small boat chased it along the Southern California coast so they could cut away the fishing traps and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing home invasions means fighting side-by-side for coral-dwelling crabs and shrimp

As any comic book lover knows, when superheroes band together the bad guys fall harder. The strength that comes in numbers is greater than the sum of its parts.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World record find: Oldest evidence of lobsters living together discovered in gas shale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Discovering direct animal behavior from the fossil record can only be done in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances exist in the German Posidonia gas shale from the Jurassic period ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover unknown species at juncture where hot and cold habitats collide

Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the deep sea ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

BP settlement over US spill will not end legal drama

Oil giant BP's agreement of a $7.8 billion settlement for victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will not end its legal headaches or erase the disaster for some US southern coast residents.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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