Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild—from an acupuncturist.

Biology - Ecology

May 21, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers working for the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center has found that Weddell seal pups have proportionally, the largest brains ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 13, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Information collected during impact assessment activities at wave energy test centres across Europe is to be released through a new website. The site is designed to present detailed information to a non-technical audience, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —In 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, "Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction," due to commercial hunting. The committee also ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

(Phys.org) —Ever notice you get cold faster when you're wet? That's why whales are so much bigger than elephants, according to SFI External Professor Aaron Clauset in a recent paper published in the journal PLoS One that e ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A Flinders University researcher is digging up the past to solve problems of the future.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The tsunami that ravaged northeast Japan in March 2011 created the biggest single dumping of rubbish, sweeping some five million tonnes of shattered buildings, cars, household goods and other rubble into ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The surprising conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises by Okka Jansen at Wageningen University is that the Eastern Scheldt may be an ecological trap. She also discovered ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Crews renovating a public square in the U.S. Virgin Islands have discovered a 1,500-year-old landfill stuffed with shells, bones and pottery fragments.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 13, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0

(Phys.org)—Palaeontologists who examined a new fossil found in southern California have thrown doubt on earlier claims that a "killer walrus" once existed.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2 |

A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine mammals. The find is described in research published January 16 in the open access ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

About a dozen killer whales trapped under sea ice appeared to be free after the ice shifted, village officials in Canada's remote north said Thursday, while residents who feared they would get stuck elsewhere ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A community in Quebec's Far North is calling for outside help to free about a dozen killer whales trapped under a vast stretch of sea ice.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 09, 2013 not rated yet 1

Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt for the huge marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace said.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 28, 2012 2 / 5 (4) 23

Millions of tiny Atlantic menhaden swim in the Chesapeake Bay and are the favorite menu item of prized rockfish. They are also the heart of a major fish oil industry on the East Coast. However, their numbers have been declining.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0