There are more than four million anglers in the UK and the sport generates an estimated £3.5 billion for the economy. But research by Dr Demetra Andreou and her colleagues at Bournemouth University's Centre for Conservation ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —An unusual fossil fish that has fins behind its anus could have implications for human evolution according to a scientist at The University of Manchester.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2 |

The deep oceans have yielded many mysteries that have puzzled people for centuries, from the giant squid to huge jellyfish that look like UFOs. To that list add a fish with totally transparent blood.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

Long-life batteries and satellite tagging have been used to fill in the blanks of female white sharks' (Carcharodon carcharias) lifestyles. Research published in the launch edition of BioMed Central's open a ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

The Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific were once home to two species of sharks not previously reported in historic records or contemporary studies. The species were discovered in a new analysis of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from beyond their country's own waters each year – and most of it goes unreported, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

Olympic swimmers aren't the only ones who change their strokes to escape competitors. To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Ocean acidification, which occurs as CO2 is absorbed by the world's oceans, is a source of concern for marine scientists worldwide. Studies on coral, mollusks, and other ocean denizens are helping to paint ...

Biology - Ecology

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Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

The Pliocene (5.3–2.6 Million years ago) of Tibet witnessed the drying of the northern Tibetan Plateau and the approach to the Pleistocene Ice Age within the background of intensifying Indian and East Asian ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Traditional community-run marine reserves and fisheries can play a big role in helping to restore and maintain fish numbers in stressed developing nations' coral reef fisheries.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Conservationists want to make sure Peter Cottontail is around for many Easters to come.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 31, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 3

French and South African biologists will dive to deep-sea caves in the Indian Ocean next month in a bid to locate the coelacanth, the "living fossil" fish whose history predates the dinosaurs, France's National ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 29, 2013 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

(Phys.org) —It's a nocturnal aquatic predator that will eat anything that fits in its large mouth. Dark and sleek, it hides beneath the water waiting for prey. A Texas Tech University researcher says the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |