(Phys.org) —Sonar used by the navy may cause porpoises to get trapped in fishing nets and killed, according to a recent study.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 13, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 2 |

(Phys.org)—Dan Watson, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, has won the UK leg of the James Dyson award for his innovative fishing net rings that light up and guide smaller fish through nets meant for larger ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 31, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2 |

Many shark populations have plummeted in the past three decades as a result of excessive harvesting – for their fins, as an incidental catch of fisheries targeting other species, and in recreational fisheries. ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

The sex life of Octopoteuthis deletron -- O. deletron, if you prefer -- is a cruelly hit-or-miss affair, according to candid footage of the deep-sea squid in its element, unveiled Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Dolphins along coast of Argentina could experience a significant loss of genetic diversity because some of the animals that accidently die when tangled in fishing nets are related. According to a new genetic ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 15, 2010 not rated yet 1 |

A tawny water fowl that lived in a tiny corner of Madagascar is extinct, wiped out by an introduced species of predatory fish and by nylon fishing nets, conservationists reported on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

May 26, 2010 4.8 / 5 (4) 3

(AP) -- A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 15, 2009 4.3 / 5 (15) 1

Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 04, 2009 4.6 / 5 (9) 0

The tsunami that ravaged northeast Japan in March 2011 created the biggest single dumping of rubbish, sweeping some five million tonnes of shattered buildings, cars, household goods and other rubble into ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales—thanks to high-tech tracking devices—to try to help protect them.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

The long-beaked La Plata River dolphin, a small species living in in South America's Atlantic coastal waters, is increasingly threatened with extinction from big-net fishing, Brazilian researchers warn.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 18, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org)—Murdoch University researchers have caught bottlenose dolphins on camera repeatedly raiding trawler fishing nets for food in northern Western Australia.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive 'couch potatoes' if the current levels of intensive fishing continue, according to Deakin University research.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

The "unique habit" of whale sharks that converge to feed from fishing nets in Indonesia has allowed them to be tagged with low-cost technology usually used on pets, conservationists said Tuesday.

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Jul 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

Authorities in southern China have moved to quash a bizarre piranha threat, offering bounties and free bait amid fears the aggressive South American fish has invaded a river, state media said on Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 12, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 3