News tagged with sea creatures
Shining symbiosis: Bobtail squid and their bacteria buddies
In deep ocean waters, it's sometimes difficult to hide from predators. That's why so many sea creatures have evolved extraordinary methods of disguise.
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Ancient shrimp monster not so fierce after all
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cambrian sea creature, Anomalocaris Canadensis, had long been thought to be a fearsome predator of trilobites, equipped as it was with barbed feelers and an armor-plated mouth, but new re ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Unusual orange lobster saved from the pot
What's unusual about this orange lobster? Its alive! Lobsters are usually a brownish-green colour when living and turn orange when they have been cooked. But a rare live reddish-orange coloured specimen has ...
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Mediterranean most threatened sea on Earth
The Mediterranean Sea's exquisitely rich mix of flora and fauna is more threatened than marine life anywhere else on Earth, according to a landmark scientific survey released Monday.
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Outsiders blamed for Easter Island's historic demise
(PhysOrg.com) -- An archaeologist studying a remote Pacific island, world famous for its strange stone statues, says outsiders - and not its ancestors - should be blamed for its historic demise hundreds of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 02, 2010 |
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UQ experts discover creatures of the deep
Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute have used high-tech equipment to capture underwater creatures at depths not documented from before.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Underwater sponges and worms may hold key to cure for malaria
Healing powers for one of the world's deadliest diseases may lie within sponges, sea worms and other underwater creatures.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Fossil find fills in picture of ancient marine life
Paleontologists have discovered a rich array of exceptionally preserved fossils of marine animals that lived between 480 million and 472 million years ago, during the early part of a period known as the Ordovician. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 13, 2010 |
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Eleven-foot 'giant herring' found off Sweden
A "giant herring" measuring 3.5 metres (11.4 feet) has been discovered off Sweden's western coast -- the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years, a maritime museum said Tuesday.
May 12, 2010 |
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Marine Life Census Reveals Previously Unknown Sea Creatures
(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn marine scientist Ann Bucklin headed one of the projects, surveying zooplankton around the world.
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Fossils show earliest animal trails
(PhysOrg.com) -- Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Echinoderms contribute to global carbon sink
The impact on levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by the decaying remains of a group of marine creatures that includes starfish and sea urchin has been significantly underestimated.
Jan 08, 2010 |
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New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- New photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica’s continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms
The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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