A mother sperm whale and its baby have died after becoming tangled in a fishing net in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Italy's western coast, an Italian environmental group has reported.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2019
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Having weaker individuals in a population can strengthen its long-term stability and reduce likelihood of extinction, according to new research from Victoria University of Wellington.
Ecology
Feb 11, 2015
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Wild barramundi populations are likely to be at risk under ocean acidification, a new University of Adelaide study has found.
Environment
Dec 19, 2016
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Many new parents are familiar with terms like "baby brain" or "mommy brain" that hint at an unavoidable decline in cognitive function associated with the hormonal changes of pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal caregiving. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2019
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Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonization, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Baby coral reef fishes find their way home using the sun and a body clock to steer by.
Ecology
Jul 8, 2013
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Children of baby boomers aren't the only ones who have taken to setting up home far from where their parents live. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents how larval ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2009
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In a lab on Virginia Key, a group of baby fish are being put through their paces on a tiny fish treadmill.
Environment
Jun 24, 2014
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Parents' choices about when to breed have lifelong consequences for offspring. For the sixbar wrasse, the flexibility of babies to delay their critical swim towards adulthood frees adults to spawn more often, say ecologists ...
Ecology
Dec 18, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Baby fish may be able to resist ocean currents and influence how and where they move, says a Victoria University researcher, although he is yet to work out how they do it.
Ecology
Oct 18, 2011
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