Researchers from Granada have managed to breed for the first time in captivity a marine animal known as the snakelocks anemone, (Anemonia sulcata), and have also begun breeding a species of sea cucumber (Sticophus ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

An international consortium of scientists said on Wednesday they had collected 1.5 million specimens of wildlife in an unprecedented mission to document the biological treasures of Papua New Guinea.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A study of around 100 newly collected specimens of early ammonoids (marine invertebrates with distinctive coiled shells) suggests that the number of species they belong to might have been over-estimated ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

Marine biologists are beginning to understand the varied diving and foraging strategies of filter-feeding whales by analyzing data from multisensor tags attached to the animals with suction cups. Such tags, in combination ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction than others? A new study of marine fossils provides a clue.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

An international research team, led by Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI, has completed the sequencing, assembly and analysis of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) genome—the first ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 19, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Coral Reefs, the Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies, has published online a study co-written by Dr. Gordon Hendler of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) about an invasive species of bri ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- An evolutionary leap made at the bottom of the ocean over 500 million years ago gives new insights into the causes of human diseases such as diabetes, cancer and neurological disorders, according ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 25, 2012 4.4 / 5 (8) 1 |

The origin of the exquisitely complex vertebrate brain is somewhat mysterious. "In terms of evolution, it basically pops up out of nowhere. You don't see anything anatomically like it in other animals," says ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 14, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

Crabs, insects and spiders living in coastal salt marshes affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster were damaged by the massive oil spill but were able to recover within a year if their host plants remained ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2012 not rated yet 0

Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 10, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification to date using sensors developed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 22, 2011 4.3 / 5 (6) 10 |

A research team from Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 17, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 3

Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily well-preserved fossils ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 25, 2011 4.6 / 5 (17) 0 |

Scientists have discovered direct evidence of the diet of one of the most important group of ammonites, distant relatives of squids, octopuses and cuttlefishes. The discovery may bring a new insight on why ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 06, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 0 |