Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are "cold-blooded," meaning their body tissues generally match the temperature of the water they swim in—but researchers have just discovered the mighty basking shark is a one-in-a-thousand ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2023
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A team of marine biologist from James Cook University and University College London has found that blind cavefish living in dark caves in Mexico produce cells that are responsive to light. In their paper published in the ...
The oceans remain vast and inscrutable. While technology has revolutionized our capacity to track threats to biodiversity on land, our understanding of the status of marine biodiversity remains fragmented and biased toward ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2023
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A team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a technique to study how different fish species interact with one another in a coastal region, a breakthrough that helps explain the complex ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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With just a few clicks of a mouse, you can purchase your very own redtail garra, a type of fish that feeds on algae. Information about the fish's biology, however, is much less easily obtained. That's because redtail garra, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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Seabirds are one of the world's most threatened animal groups. They already contend with multiple issues, including climate change, accidental capture in fishing gear and being eaten by invasive species like cats and some ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2023
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The pronounced seasonal changes of warm open-water and cold ice-covered seasons dominate natural cycles in Finnish lakes.
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2023
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Ecology
Jul 5, 2023
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As outside activities become more popular with the changing seasons, people are looking to protect themselves from sunburns and melanomas, primarily using commercial sunscreens.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2023
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A projected rise in droughts could muddy the waters for painted turtles and some fellow freshwater-dwelling reptiles, according to 11 years of data collected by 50-plus undergraduates from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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