Hong Kong's government said Friday it would stop serving shark fin at official functions as "a good example", following years of lobbying by conservation groups.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2013
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During his time in Daniel Morse's lab at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, PhD student Daniel DeMartini has seen many Doryteuthis opalescens squid pass through the lab's doors. These squid provide DeMartini ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2013
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For more than a year, scientists at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center deployed a hydrophone in 50 meters of water just off the coast of Newport, Ore., so they could listen to the natural and human-induced ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2013
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Research conducted in six bays of Long Island, NY, and led by scientists from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University (SBU) showed that local populations of winter flounder are inbred, which ...
Ecology
Jul 24, 2013
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Climate change could cause local extinctions of chocolate dipped damselfish that are highly specialised to the conditions on their home reef.
Environment
Jul 11, 2013
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Thresher sharks hunt schooling sardines in the waters off a small coral island in the Philippines by rapidly slapping their tails hard enough to stun or kill several of the smaller fish at once, according to research published ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2013
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An ancient Asian dining tradition comes to an end in California on Monday, and grocer Emily Gian is none too happy.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2013
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The European Union on Thursday closed a last loophole in its ban on shark finning, the long-contested practice of fisherman slicing the fins off and then throwing the still live sharks back overboard to die.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2013
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The Japanese government has decided to reject landmark rules on the trade in sharks, an official said Friday, opting for status quo despite a global push to protect the predators.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2013
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Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. The monitoring revealed how fishing ...
Ecology
May 21, 2013
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