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If you've ever wondered how and why "sucker fish" hitch a—usually—wild ride with a humpback whale on the move, new footage captured from camera-tagged whales reveals the secret lives of remoras, and just how dedicated these ...
A new study by researchers at The University of Queensland has revealed that the impressive claws (chelae) of freshwater crayfish come with certain costs: The size slows their swimming and saps energy.
The shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is, overall, a disaster. But paradoxically, the melting of the ice can also fuel the engine of the Arctic food chains: algae.
Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living marine species formally named and described. A significant challenge is the protracted delay, often ...
The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role in Earth's climate, ...
Most environmental scientists believe that chemical pollution can and is negatively affecting people and wildlife, according to my team's recent survey.
Antarctic krill, tiny shrimp-like creatures, are an important species in the Southern Ocean ecosystem and global carbon cycle, in part because of their poop. Their dense and rich fecal pellets sink rapidly, transporting carbon ...
Climate change not only causes temperatures on land and in the sea to rise, but also leads to warming rivers, lakes, and streams—with serious consequences for the animals living within them. A research team at the University ...
The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world's oceans, raising concerns for its $2 billion-a-year American lobster fishery. Scientists at William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS have been studying the impacts of ...
