Ecologists from Umeå University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim have studied fish communities and fish habitat and reviewed the importance of winter conditions for fish ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 15, 2013 not rated yet 1

Fishing communities living on the islands of Indonesia's Karimunjawa National Park have found an important balance, improving their social well-being while reducing their reliance on marine biodiversity, ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

As they develop, vertebrate embryos form vertebrae in a sequential, time-controlled way. Scientists have determined previously that this process of body segmentation is controlled by a kind of "clock," regulated by the oscillating ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 13, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology will work with colleagues from universities across the U.S. Sun Belt on a study of water sustainability in the face of climate change and population ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 28, 2012 not rated yet 0

In a research partnership between Deakin University and Parks Victoria, marine scientists have captured rare video footage of fish and other marine creatures living on the seafloor off western Victoria.

Biology - Ecology

May 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

An electric eel can generate enough current to stun its prey, just like a Taser. Weakly electric fish can also generate electricity, but not enough to do any harm. "Weakly electric fish are unique in that they produce and ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The probability of being killed at work is 25 times higher for a coastal fisherman than for an offshore worker, according to a study from the UiS. Seafarers also run a high risk of accidents.

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 06, 2012 not rated yet 3

A thriving undersea wildlife park tucked away near the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula has proven to be the world's most robust marine reserve in the world, according to a new study led by researchers ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 12, 2011 4.9 / 5 (7) 0 |

Fish communities in the 21st Century live fast and die young. That's the main finding of a recent study by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society who compared fish recently caught in coastal Kenya ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 23, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

More than 900 new alien species have been encountered in the coastal environments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea in recent decades, including the poisonous pufferfish. The invasion of alien species has had ...

Biology - Ecology

May 23, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

It's the year 1800. You're a slave in southeast Virginia. You manage to escape. Your freedom is only going to last as long as you can hide. Where do you go?

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 16, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

An international team led by the Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia has carried out the first large-scale study of the threats facing freshwater fish in the Mediterranean basin. Invasive species, along ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 11, 2010 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurobiologists at the Queensland Brain Institute have found that animals are not always as brightly coloured as they seem - at least not to their counterparts.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 22, 2010 4 / 5 (7) 0 |

The number of native fish and aquatic insects, especially those that are pollution sensitive, declines in urban and suburban streams at low levels of development — levels often considered protective for stream communities, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 03, 2010 not rated yet 0

In one of the most comprehensive global studies of marine reserves, a team of natural and social scientists from the University of Rhode Island and other institutions has found that community involvement is among the most ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 01, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0 |