Coastal communities hard hit by ocean acidification hotspots have more options than they may realize, says an interdisciplinary team of science and legal experts. In a paper published in the journal Science, experts from ...
Environment
May 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scars on the jaw of a 120 million year old marine reptile suggest that life might not have been easy in the ancient polar oceans. The healed bite wounds were probably made by a member of the same species. ...
Archaeology
May 4, 2011
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Sponges are a group of common and diverse aquatic creatures, very abundant in coral reefs where they are an important part of the ecosystem. But new research has found that if the balance is disturbed, sponges can outcompete ...
Environment
May 3, 2011
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Using eyes made of a calcium carbonate crystal, a simple mollusk may have evolved enough vision to spot potential predators, scientists say.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2011
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Researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford have discovered a remarkable fossil which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures.
Archaeology
Mar 24, 2011
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Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
Bio & Medicine
Mar 11, 2011
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Fossilized bones discovered in Texas from a flying reptile that died 89 million years ago may be the earliest occurrence in the world of the prehistoric creature known as Pteranodon.
Archaeology
Mar 1, 2011
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"Am I just a face in the crowd? Is that all I'll ever be? ... Do you think I stand out?" —The Kinks, "A Face in the Crowd"
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrain thought to be ruled by only the largest dinosaurs to inhabit the earth could have in fact been home to dozens of other creatures, ground-breaking research from The University of Manchester has found.
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2011
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Without maps or GPS, great white sharks travel thousand of miles roundtrip from California to Hawaii or Australia to South Africa. Sea turtles hatched on the beaches of Florida travel the currents of the North Atlantic Gyre ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 28, 2010
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