These days, phylogeneticists – experts who painstakingly map the complex branches of the tree of life – suffer from an embarrassment of riches. The genomics revolution has given them mountains of DNA ...

Biology - Evolution

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

An epic battle is raging in South Florida: man against snail. The state is struggling to contain an invasion of the giant African land snail, a species that thrives in hot and wet tropical climates. These gooey and destructive ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 2

Scientists expressed alarm on Monday over the rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean caused by carbon dioxide emissions, which could have dire consequences on the region's fragile ecosystem.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 06, 2013 4.2 / 5 (10) 8

More than 160 researchers across 10 European countries joined together, in what is being hailed as the first international project to focus on ocean acidification and its consequences.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

With the help of a solitary sea squirt, scientists have resolved the longstanding puzzle of the crystal structure of vaterite, an enigmatic geologic mineral and biomineral.

Physics - Condensed Matter

Apr 25, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

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

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Pursuing the misunderstood Humboldt squid, Hopkins Marine Station's William Gilly has strapped video cameras and electronic sensors to the animals, exhaustively analyzed their habitats, tracked ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Oregon State University has improved an old method of making oysters safer to eat so that more bacteria are removed without sacrificing taste and texture.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

OHSU researchers, in partnership with scientists from several other institutions, have published two new research papers that signal how the next class of powerful medications may currently reside at the bottom of the ocean. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new report in the journal Nature unveils three of the first genomes from a vast, understudied swath of the animal kingdom that includes as many as one-quarter of Earth's marine species. By publishing the ge ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 19, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

A chromosomal study performed in a common Mediterranean chiton (sea cradle) provides information, relevant to systematic relationships of the species; furthermore the comparison of its karyotype with ones ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher provides the first direct chronological test of sequence stratigraphy, a powerful tool for exploring Earth's natural resources.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 05, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Using a combination of traditional and innovative model-building techniques, scientists in the U.S. and a specialist in Denmark have created a lifelike reconstruction of an ancient mollusk, offering ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 19, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Britain's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, working in the Antarctic have discovered that a species of mollusk, Lissarca miliaris, changes from male to female as it ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 4 |

Thousands of Morocco's unemployed slum-dwellers head to the Atlantic coast every morning to scrape a living as illegal mussel pickers. But experts say they threaten the health of the marine ecosystem.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 29, 2012 not rated yet 1