Aquatic biology is a subdiscipline of biological sciences focused on the structure, function, and interactions of organisms inhabiting freshwater and marine environments. It examines physiological adaptations to aquatic conditions, population and community dynamics, trophic interactions, and biogeochemical cycling within lakes, rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans. Research in aquatic biology often integrates ecology, microbiology, evolutionary biology, and environmental chemistry to analyze primary productivity, nutrient fluxes, and responses of aquatic biota to abiotic drivers such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and contaminants. The field underpins aquatic ecosystem assessment, conservation, and management by providing mechanistic insight into biodiversity patterns and ecosystem processes.
Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.
Molecular & Computational biology
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American woodcock, short, plump shorebirds with long, thin beaks, are widely known for their bobbing stride and nasally "peent" calls, but not for being aggressive. Yet one April afternoon, when a deer sniffed around a woodcock ...
Plants & Animals
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Disease management is a significant aspect of aquaculture, a vital industry and major food source. One of the most serious threats is a disease caused by the nervous necrosis virus (NNV), which can wipe out large populations ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 29, 2026
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Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2026
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Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have proposed a warning tool that predicts, up to three weeks in advance, when river fish in Switzerland will be at risk from heat. ...
Ecology
Jun 18, 2026
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Many insects will eat almost anything in their sight, such as certain beetles, grasshoppers and locusts, while others are remarkably picky eaters. For example, numerous insect herbivores will feed only on a single plant family ...
On a quiet weekend morning in a greenhouse in Aarhus University Flakkebjerg, rows of wheat plants stand with their roots submerged in clear water. There is no soil, no buffer, no automation to take over the work. Every day, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2026
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As California's population boomed—from 10 million in 1950 to over 40 million today—the number of people living in fire-prone areas multiplied. Over the decades, millions of new homes and commercial buildings sprang up to ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2026
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Newly described aquatic insects, belonging to the genus Hydropsyche, are helping close substantial knowledge gaps regarding the biodiversity of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Türkiye. Caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are vital components ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2026
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The presence of the marine bacterium Vibrio vulnificus, which is potentially dangerous to humans, can now be predicted up to five weeks in advance in the Baltic Sea using artificial intelligence (AI). A research team led ...
Cell & Microbiology
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