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Plants & Animals Sep 22, 2021

Soft corals, hard problem: New technique reveals corals vulnerable to bleaching

UNSW marine biologists have developed a method for identifying Australia's soft corals that are most vulnerable—and most resistant—to rising sea temperatures and episodes of coral bleaching, and therefore, which species are ...

Ecology Sep 6, 2021

As mysterious disease kills Florida's reefs, a massive 'Noah's Ark' effort tries to save them

In 2014, a mysterious coral disease known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease was first identified off Miami. In the years since, it has raged like an underwater wildfire, becoming what some scientists call the worst marine ...

Ecology Aug 27, 2021

Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing

Extreme storms can result in major damage to the seabed similar to that caused by prolonged periods of bottom-towed fishing, according to new research.

Ecology Aug 16, 2021

Lobster boat tracking coming to protect whales, fishery

America's lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking requirements to try to protect vulnerable right whales and get a better idea of the population of the valuable crustaceans.

Social Sciences Aug 12, 2021

Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn't carked it, but we do want to know more about it

Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 "that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves 'if they can stand a little colonial slang.'"

Ecology Aug 4, 2021

How 'ghost' fishing gear affects at-risk species and fisheries' bottom line

Southwest Nova Scotia is one of Canada's most productive lobster fishing region, spanning more than 21,000 square kilometers and contributing a significant portion of the country's lobster supply.

Plants & Animals Aug 3, 2021

Whatever is killing coral reefs in Florida is also killing them in Belize

In 1842, Charles Darwin described the Belize Barrier Reef as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies." Fast forward to 2021, only about 17 percent of live coral cover remains on fore-reefs in Belize. Overfishing, resulting ...

Ecology Jul 22, 2021

Study mapping lobster genome could hold keys to strengthening species

Researchers from Dalhousie University and several U.S. institutes have published the first complete genome sequence for the American lobster, yielding critical insight into the species that can both improve sustainability ...

Plants & Animals Jul 9, 2021

Opening protected area off New England coast to commercial fishing compromises protections

A study published this week in the scientific journal Frontiers in Marine Science found that opening the 3.14 million acre Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to commercial fishing reduces species protection ...

Plants & Animals Jul 7, 2021

Study shows that lobsters can detect sound, and raises concern about impact of anthropogenic noise

A new study demonstrates that lobsters can detect low-frequency sound and suggests that anthropogenic noise could affect lobsters. The study comes out at a time when the construction of more offshore wind farms, with their ...

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