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Land and sea species differ in climate change response: study

(Phys.org) -- Marine and terrestrial species will likely differ in their responses to climate warming, new research by Simon Fraser University and Australia’s University of Tasmania has found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Deep sea animals stowaway on submarines and reach new territory

Marine scientists studying life around deep-sea vents have discovered that some hardy species can survive the extreme change in pressure that occurs when a research submersible rises to the surface. The team's ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse

Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of those on land. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (25) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover first multicellular life that doesn't need oxygen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxygen may not be the staple of modern complex life that scientists once thought. Until now, the only life forms known to live exclusively in anoxic conditions were viruses, bacteria and Archaea. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (73) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Taking the temperature of the ancient earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique has allowed scientists to pin down the timing of ancient glaciations, linking them more firmly to two bursts of extinction.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Harvesting of small fish species should be cut: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the fishing of small fish species near the bottom of their food chains suggests harvesting at levels previously thought to be sustainable could have devastating effects on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Why are there so few fish in the Earth's oceans?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Stony Brook University researcher has found that, contrary to popular belief, there are not plenty of fish in the sea.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

One-quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction

Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival. As part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Dolphin whistles are unfit for porpoise

Bottlenose dolphins have whistles which they use to exclusively greet other members of their species, marine biologists in Scotland reported on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic sex determination let ancient species adapt to ocean life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of extinct sea creatures suggests that the transition from egg-laying to live-born young opened up evolutionary pathways that allowed these ancient species to adapt to and thrive ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Task force recommends reducing global harvest of 'forage fish'

A task force that conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of global "forage fish" populations issued its report this week, which strongly recommends implementing more conservative catch limits for these crucial prey ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Conservationists' dilemma as threatened jaguar develops taste for endangered turtle

(Phys.org) -- How do you protect two species facing extinction when one begins to prey heavily on the other?

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fish larvae find the reef by orienting: The earlier the better

For the first time, a numerical study conducted by the University of Miami incorporates horizontal larval fish navigation skills into realistic 3D flow fields, creating a powerful tool that spells out how ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the latest proof that the oceans continue to offer remarkable findings and much of their vastness remains to be explored, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3