News tagged with underwater habitat

Uncovering the secret lives of fish in marine national parks

In a research partnership between Deakin University and Parks Victoria, marine scientists have captured rare video footage of fish and other marine creatures living on the seafloor off western Victoria.

Biology / Ecology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems

Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Reef shark populations in steep decline: study

Many shark populations have plummeted in the past three decades as a result of excessive harvesting – for their fins, as an incidental catch of fisheries targeting other species, and in recreational fisheries. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tim gets his feet wet

ESA astronaut Timothy Peake will soon dive to the bottom of the sea to learn more about exploring space. A permanent underwater base almost 20 m below the waves off the coast of Florida will be Tim’s ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Experts sleuth out what killed Puget Sound orca

(AP) -- Two months after a 3-year-old endangered orca washed ashore bloodied and bruised in Washington state the cause of her death remains a mystery.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electric fish charges up research on animal behavior

An electric eel can generate enough current to stun its prey, just like a Taser. Weakly electric fish can also generate electricity, but not enough to do any harm. "Weakly electric fish are unique in that they produce and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Declines in Caribbean coral reefs pre-date damage resulting from climate change

The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Creatures from the deep surface in NY exhibit

They have their own lights, teeth, and weird names like vampire squid, stoplight loosejaws, and bristlemouth -- meet the weird denizens of the deep surfacing for an exhibition in New York starting this week.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

35,000 gallons of prevention: Containing a tunnel flood with an inflatable stopper

Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually gushed through the entire tunnel system. A quarter-million people ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Increase in Arctic shipping poses risk to marine mammals

A rapid increase in shipping in the formerly ice-choked waterways of the Arctic poses a significant increase in risk to the region's marine mammals and the local communities that rely on them for food security ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Threats to freshwater mussels and the consequences for ecosystems

At the University of Oklahoma's Aquatic Research Facility in Norman, zoologist Caryn Vaughn shows off freshwater mussels that she's recently collected from rivers in the southeastern part of the state. One river alone may ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover unknown species at juncture where hot and cold habitats collide

Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the deep sea ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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