Many of the ocean's most charismatic animals spend their lives swimming, flying or gliding thousands of miles, from the coasts to the high seas. Arctic terns, humpback whales and sea turtles are examples. Scientists have ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2022
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A new low-cost sensor designed to resemble a sea turtle egg enables scientists to monitor nests remotely and predict when hatchlings will emerge almost to the day—providing valuable information for conservation efforts ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2022
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A Griffith University led study has shown how animals can have enormous impacts on coastal restoration, both positive and negative.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2022
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New Griffith research is using biochemical profiles from the blood of sea turtles as a tool to monitor the health of populations in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2022
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Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 meters long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 8, 2022
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Newly discovered turtle nesting sites in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea could help coastal megaprojects minimize their impact on these endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2022
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Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth. Recent reports show that up to one-third of all known species of sharks and their relatives, rays, are threatened with extinction. Unsustainable ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2022
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One of the most serious threats to wildlife biodiversity, in addition to the climate crisis, is the illegal killing and trafficking of animals and plants. Despite many laws against the black-market wildlife trade, it is considered ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2022
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Researchers have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator niche. With massive jaws and teeth like those of killer whales, Thalassotitan hunted other marine reptiles—plesiosaurs, ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2022
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A row has erupted in Cyprus after a community leader threatened to dig up the nests of protected turtles because his village is missing out on land development compensation.
Ecology
Aug 18, 2022
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