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Ecology 12 hours ago

'Like an underwater bushfire': South Australia's marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path

South Australian beaches have been awash with foamy, discolored water and dead marine life for months. The problem hasn't gone away; it has spread.

Plants & Animals May 28, 2025

Nearly 5 million seized seahorses just 'tip of the iceberg' in global wildlife smuggling

Close to 5 million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest.

Social Sciences Apr 29, 2025

A radical, unscientific theory about sex and gender used in the name of opposing 'gender ideology extremism'

The Trump administration claims to be rooting out "gender ideology extremism" and "restoring biological truth" in the United States.

Plants & Animals Mar 18, 2025

Wild weather linked to weedy seadragon deaths

Marine scientists are calling for beachgoers who find weedy seadragons washed up on the shore to photograph them and send details to researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Plants & Animals Nov 17, 2024

Worm species thought to have disappeared has been appearing in photos of pygmy seahorses all along

A small team of marine scientists from the University of the Ryukyus, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, has found that a worm species thought to be missing ...

Evolution Jul 3, 2024

What fathers in the animal kingdom can tell us about humans

When people talk about animal parents, often they are thinking about mothers. But the role of fathers in the animal kingdom is fascinating—and can tell us a lot about ourselves.

Ecology Apr 26, 2024

Nature conservation works, and we're getting better at it, says new study

To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural world is in decline, is there any room for optimism? Well, our new global study has some good news: we ...

Ecology Apr 25, 2024

First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2024

Year-old seadragons make debut at California aquarium

More than a decade ago, Leslee Matsushige traveled to Australia to "study seadragons in the wild."

Plants & Animals Mar 25, 2024

Citizen scientists contribute vital information about 35 seahorse species

Thanks to diligent observers, seahorses, those enigmatic and charismatic fish, are not only being discovered in new habitats and expanded geographic ranges, they are also being found at new ocean depths. While their capacity ...

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