Sea lampreys fear the smell of death
A repellant for sea lampreys could be the key to better controlling one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes, says a Michigan State University researcher.
Ecology
Aug 6, 2011
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News tagged with sea species
Microbes surviving deep inside oceanic crust
(Phys.org) —A new study shows for the first time that microorganisms are thriving deep within the oceanic crust under the sea floor, and hence far from light or oxygen.
Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean
Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
Environment
Feb 6, 2009
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New evidence found for the oldest oxygen-breathing life on land
New University of Alberta research shows the first evidence that oxygen-breathing bacteria occupied and thrived on land 100 million years earlier than previously thought.
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2011
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Climate change primary driver of amphibian decline: Study
Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2023
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New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a fossil of the earliest starfish-like animal, which sheds light on the origins of the nimble-armed creature. The prototype starfish, which has features in common ...
Evolution
Jan 20, 2021
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Burrowing crabs reshaping salt marshes, with climate change to blame
A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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Sea-floor microbes may be affected by ailing shrimp in acidified oceans
Disrupting just one process in the important relationship between microbes and bigger plants and animals that live in ocean floor sediment may have knock-on effects that could reduce the productivity of coastal ecosystems, ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2013
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The pointy-nosed blue chimaera has a huge geographic range
The deep sea is the largest contiguous habitat on the earth, covering two thirds of the earth's surface and averaging over 3.5 kilometers deep. Because most deep-ocean waters are connected, many species of deep-sea animals ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2016
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of sea cucumber reveals details about its Cuvierian organ
A large team of marine, molecular and genetic biologists affiliated with a number of institutions in China has conducted what they describe as a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the black sea cucumber (Holothuria ...
