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Earth Sciences Mar 8, 2022

Well-preserved fossils could be a consequence of past global climate change

Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the dead.

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 8, 2022

New species of extinct vampire-squid–like cephalopod is the first of its kind with ten functional arms

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses and vampire squids had not 8 but 10 arms. The study, which ...

Plants & Animals Mar 7, 2022

Researchers investigate squid found far from home

As the name implies, California market squid are often sold in stores and typically found between Baja California and Monterey Bay. So, the squid's periodic appearance in the Gulf of Alaska—about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 7, 2022

How stress hormones guide bacteria in their host

In humans and animals, catecholamines such as epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine are common stress hormones. Stress can increase the body's susceptibility to bacterial infections. In the laboratory, stress hormones ...

Plants & Animals Mar 2, 2022

Underwater noise causes hearing loss in turtles

Underwater noise pollution is causing turtles to experience hearing loss that can last from minutes to days, say researchers who will present preliminary evidence of the effects of intense noise on turtles on 4 March at the ...

Materials Science Feb 24, 2022

How squid camouflage could help prevent skin cancer in humans

It wasn't the result the scientists wanted.

Plants & Animals Feb 18, 2022

Unexpected fish and squid found in the Central Arctic Ocean

Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid ...

Polymers Feb 11, 2022

Strong and elastic, yet degradable: Protein-based bioplastics

More than eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year—a serious danger for the environment and health. Biodegradable bioplastics could provide an alternative. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research ...

Ecology Feb 8, 2022

Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE

The hawksbill sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, its shell ashen and stomach taut.

Plants & Animals Feb 7, 2022

Ocean heat waves trigger 'squid bloom' along Pacific coast, scientists say

Marine heat waves driven by climate change have fueled a dramatic increase in market squid along the Washington and Oregon coast over the past two decades, new research shows.

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