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Ecology Jun 27, 2024

How restoration can help coral reefs

Record-high sea temperatures are bleaching coral reefs worldwide and putting a new focus on attempts to restore these key marine ecosystems.

Ecology Jun 27, 2024

Divers turn conservationists as corals bleach worldwide

A diver glides over an expanse of bone-white coral branches, recording the fish that dart between the ghostly arms extending from the sea floor off the Thai island of Koh Tao.

Ecology Jun 26, 2024

The world's fourth mass coral bleaching is underway, but well-connected reefs may have a better chance to recover

The world's coral reefs are like underwater cities, bustling with all kinds of fish and sea animals. Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean, but they support an estimated 25% of all marine species, including many important ...

Ecology Jun 26, 2024

Industrial fleets operating in the Indian Ocean turn off monitoring systems, fail reporting obligations

Industrial fleets from top fishing countries operating in the Indian Ocean and targeting export-market species such as tuna and squid are likely to disable monitoring systems to fish more than allowed and evade authorities, ...

Environment Jun 26, 2024

New model uses fewer measurements to determine level of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater

It is becoming increasingly obvious that pharmaceutical residues in wastewater are damaging to the environment, making it imperative that wastewater is tested for such residues. However, wastewater measurements are expensive ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 26, 2024

Zebrafish reveal how bioelectricity shapes muscle development

A question left unanswered in a biologist's lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little fish that couldn't wriggle its tail.

Plants & Animals Jun 26, 2024

Maryland denounces Virginia decision on winter crab fishery: 'A bad day if you care about blue crabs'

Maryland officials and environmentalists are railing against a Virginia decision that could reopen a long-closed segment of that state's blue crab fishery.

Environment Jun 26, 2024

National park wild boar contain five-times more toxic PFAS than humans allowed to eat, study finds

Wild boar in a European national park have been found to contain levels of toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" nearly five-times higher than is allowed to be sold in meat for human consumption under EU law, according to a new ...

Ecology Jun 26, 2024

After a century away, sturgeons return to Swedish waters

A century after it disappeared from Swedish waters, scientists in June embarked on a 10-year project to reintroduce the Atlantic sturgeon to a cleaned-up river in the west of the country.

Plants & Animals Jun 26, 2024

Why scientists are concerned about the effects of non-native horses and burros on natural ecosystems

Worldwide, introduced non-native herbivores have the potential to threaten native ecosystems. For example, in western North America, uncontrolled numbers of feral horses and burros are threatening natural habitats and the ...

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