Scientists draw new connections between climate change and warming oceans
It happened once before, and it could happen again.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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News tagged with deep sea fish
Triplefin fish found to have controlled iris radiance
A team of researchers with the University of Tübingen in Germany has found an example of a fish that is able to control light reflected from organs next to its pupils—a form of photolocation. In their paper published in ...
Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics
Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research team that discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2009
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The earliest deep-sea vertebrates revealed by unusual trace fossils
Scientists have discovered a missing evolution puzzle piece in 130-million-year-old rocks. The discovery is a result of an international collaboration, in which the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) ...
Evolution
Sep 12, 2023
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Researchers find a new fish species in the deep sea off Ireland
It is five centimeters long, but larger than all its relatives: Microichthys grandis, literally "big little fish."
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2023
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Smaller fishes in the deep ocean to be expected with ocean warming
A new study led by the University of Vienna in which the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has participated reveals that fishes living in the dark part of the oceans (essentially below 200 m depth in the water column) ...
Evolution
Jan 12, 2023
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Study reveals how ancient fish colonized the deep sea
The deep sea contains more than 90% of the water in our oceans, but only about a third of all fish species. Scientists have long thought the explanation for this was intuitive—shallow ocean waters are warm and full of resources, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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Deep-sea fish choose habitat according to genotype, new research says
Scientists have found evidence of natural selection in a deep-sea fish species adapting to the depth of ocean that it inhabits.
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2018
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The pointy-nosed blue chimaera has a huge geographic range
The deep sea is the largest contiguous habitat on the earth, covering two thirds of the earth's surface and averaging over 3.5 kilometers deep. Because most deep-ocean waters are connected, many species of deep-sea animals ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2016
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Deep sea fish eyesight similar to human vision
A deep sea fish that is one of the most common vetebrates on the planet has eyesight comparable to a middle-aged human, research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2014
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