English Channel stops new rockpool species reaching UK
The English Channel prevents many rockpool species "making the jump" from Europe to the UK, new research shows.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2022
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News tagged with hermit crab
Study finds that ancient penis worms invented the 'hermit crab' lifestyle
A new study by researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University reveals that penis worms (Priapulida) invented the 'hermit' lifestyle, some 500 million years ago, at the rise of the earliest animal ecosystems in the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2021
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Tires dumped in the ocean are killing hermit crabs
A pair of researchers at Hirosaki University, has found that tires discarded in the ocean trap and kill hermit crabs. Atsushi Sogabe and Kiichi Takatsuji have published their study in Royal Society Open Science.
Research shows how plastics threaten biodiversity of marine life
New research at Queen's University highlights the impact that microplastics are having on hermit crabs, which play an important role in balancing the marine ecosystem.Â
Ecology
Oct 13, 2021
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Exoskeletal microstructure of extremely hard coconut crab claws
The NIMS Research Center for Structural Materials and the Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Center jointly ascertained the microstructure and chemical composition of the extremely tough exoskeletons of coconut crab claws, ...
Materials Science
Jun 23, 2021
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New marine scale worm species first to provide evidence of male dwarfism
In the Kumano Sea, off the southeast coast of Japan, an evolutionary mystery lays in wait. Researchers have collected samples from the muddy sea floor, including hermit crabs, mollusks and discarded shells. Here, in and on ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
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Research highlights impact of plastic pollution on marine life
New research from Queen's University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University reveals how the microplastic pollution crisis is threatening biodiversity.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2020
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Tiny Seychelles island coaxes bird back from brink
Giant tortoises amble across Cousin Island as rare birds flit above.
Ecology
Jan 16, 2020
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Competing crabs don't fight over 'homes'
Two hermit crab species which live on the same beach have adapted to coexist by selecting differently shaped shells as their homes, according to a study in the open access journal BMC Ecology.
Ecology
Jan 15, 2020
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Hermit crabs' lesson on wealth inequality
Can hermit crabs teach us about a common global problem—wealth inequality? The answer is yes, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the January issue of Physica A.
Mathematics
Jan 6, 2020
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