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Plants & Animals Nov 8, 2022

Plastic ingestion widespread in Welsh seabirds, study suggests

Researchers examined the stomach and gut contents of 34 adult and fledgling birds which had been found dead on Skomer Island in Wales.

Nanophysics Nov 3, 2022

A new quantum component made from graphene

Less than 20 years ago, Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim first created two-dimensional crystals consisting of just one layer of carbon atoms. Known as graphene, this material has had quite a career since then.

Plants & Animals Oct 25, 2022

Emperor penguins granted protections under Endangered Species Act

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that emperor penguins have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking ...

Ecology Oct 18, 2022

Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals—but not all

Brad Seibel still remembers the headlines from 20 years ago that sounded like a B-rated sci-fi movie: "Invasion of the jumbo squid in Monterey Bay" and the like. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...

Plants & Animals Oct 18, 2022

Record size bony fish found floating dead near Azores archipelago

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Portugal, working with a colleague from New Zealand and another from Japan, has released a report detailing an extremely large ocean sunfish that was found floating ...

Plants & Animals Oct 10, 2022

From coelacanths to crinoids: These nine 'living fossils' haven't changed in millions of years

We see evolution all around us, constantly, in every living thing. Yet in the deep oceans we find a number of "living fossils" reminiscent of creatures from prehistoric times.

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 8, 2022

'Sea monsters' were real millions of years ago: New fossils tell about their rise and fall

Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 meters long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with ...

Social Sciences Oct 7, 2022

'Quiet quitting'? If you're surprised by America's anti-work movement, maybe you need to watch more movies

A femme fatale who tries to con thousands through her lover's insurance company. Jobless bikers on drug-fueled adventures in New Orleans. People smashing printers at work.

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 3, 2022

Jurassic ichthyosaurs divided food resources to co-exist, researchers find

Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specializations, scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed.

Plants & Animals Sep 27, 2022

Fish scientist helped the alien in Jordan Peele's 'Nope' seem terrifyingly real

When Kelsi Rutledge came to UCLA to pursue graduate studies, she didn't expect to land a side hustle in Hollywood. But her discovery of a new fish species attracted the attention of director Jordan Peele, and she enthusiastically ...

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