Limpet sticking power down to mucus, not muscle
Limpets—those coin-sized, suction-cup critters with conical caps—have had the experts fooled all along.
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Intensive management of crops and livestock spurred La Bastida's economic development
A team from the Research Group in Mediterranean Social Archaeology (ASOME) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has led an international study to reconstruct the diet of the El Argar society of the southeast of ...
Archaeology
Mar 11, 2020
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Ecologically diverse clades dominate the oceans via extinction resistance
A paper on animal biodiversity pattern by a team of researchers led by the Biology Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilos is featured in the February 28, 2020 issue of the journal Science.
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Feb 28, 2020
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Smaller animals faced surprisingly long odds in ancient oceans
A new fossil study from Stanford University shows extinction was unexpectedly common among smaller sea creatures in the deep past.
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Feb 21, 2020
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Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate
Marine mammals like whales and seals usually communicate vocally using calls and whistles.
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Feb 3, 2020
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Floral foam adds to microplastic pollution problem
As the cut flower industry hits one of its busiest periods, new research has shown that the water-absorbing green floral foam used by florists is contributing to the world's microplastic problem.
Environment
Dec 10, 2019
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Animals could help humans monitor oceans
Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags.
Ecology
Nov 28, 2019
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Underwater robotic gliders provide key tool to measure ocean sound levels
At a time when ocean noise is receiving increased global attention, researchers at Oregon State University and NOAA have developed an effective method to use an underwater robotic glider to measure sound levels over broad ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2019
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Manta rays and whale sharks consuming massive amounts of plastics near Indonesia
A team of researchers from Australia, the U.S., Indonesia and New Zealand has measured the amount of plastics that manta rays and whale sharks are ingesting off the coast of Indonesia. In their paper published in the journal ...
Scientist identifies cone snail's strike as one of the quickest in the animal kingdom
With the use of ultra-high-speed videography, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Emanuel Azizi and colleagues from Occidental College Los Angeles have shed light on the hunting mechanism of the cone snail ...
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Aug 30, 2019
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