High tech helps scientists protect whales
Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales—thanks to high-tech tracking devices—to try to help protect them.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2013
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Endangered rays may have unknown birthing zone in Mexican waters
The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays accidentally caught in fishing nets in a village along Mexico's northern Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has a previously unknown birthing zone in ...
Ecology
Apr 23, 2019
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'Hungry bear' crisis grips far east Russian region
Large numbers of hungry, aggressive bears are approaching humans and have killed two people in Russia's far east due to depleting food sources, a forestry worker told AFP Monday.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2017
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Halloween toy among plastics swallowed by sea turtles
A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean, a new study reveals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2024
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Removing lost fishing nets to protect the seabed
To remove lost fishing nets and gear used in both artisan and leisure fishing from the seabed in order to avoid negative environmental impact on marine ecosystems is the main objective of the campaign that was set up on 12 ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2015
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Mediterranean loggerhead turtles dying in waters off the Middle East and North Africa
Thousands of loggerhead turtles are killed annually in areas of Syria, Libya and Egypt and Tunisia where they travel to find food, a new study led by researchers at the University of Exeter has highlighted.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2016
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Microplastics pollution in Falklands as high as UK
The first study to investigate microplastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands—two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean—has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2018
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Insights into the metabolism of plastic-eating bacteria
Plastic-eating bacteria could help to curb the global waste problem in the future. But many questions remain unanswered. Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf have now shown for ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2023
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Ghost fishing net removed in the Medes Islands marine reserve in Catalonia
A team of researchers of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the University of Barcelona (IRBio), together with the staff of the Natural Park of Montgrí, Medes Islands and Baix Ter, and the ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2016
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Lights on fishing nets can protect sea turtles
Lights on fishing nets could help save the Mediterranean's threatened sea turtles, new research shows. The work is published in the journal Fisheries Research.
Plants & Animals
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