Sturgeon, a long-lived, bottom-dwelling fish, are often described as "living fossils," owing to the fact that their form has remained relatively constant, despite hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
Plants & Animals
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From Duluth, Lake Superior is a colossal expanse of blue this week with no otherworldly ice shards smashed against the shore or colorful fish houses decorating stretches of white.
Environment
Feb 19, 2024
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A study into some of the earliest known pottery remains has suggested that the rise of ceramic production was closely linked with intensified fishing at the end of the last Ice Age.
Archaeology
Jul 16, 2018
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Residents of the sub-Arctic village of Umiujaq wistfully remember the good old days, when the ice-fishing season was long and the catch bountiful.
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2015
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Using satellites, we are now able to measure ice thickness in the Arctic—even in the summer. This is of great importance for shipping in the Arctic and future weather and climate forecasts. The solution was developed by ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2022
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Two adult vendace, Britain's rarest freshwater fish and a relic of the last ice age, were found in Bassenthwaite Lake in north-West England last month, more than a decade after being declared 'locally extinct'. Last year, ...
Ecology
Oct 2, 2014
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A couple of guys in Wisconsin have combined a tradition dating back at least 1,500 years with the Internet age.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 2, 2014
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Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on January 13 have discovered a massive breeding colony of notothenioid icefish in Antarctica's southern Weddell Sea. They estimate that the colony covers at least 240 ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2022
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Researchers in Alaska have found the earliest known evidence that Ice Age humans in North America used salmon as a food source, according to a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Archaeology
Sep 21, 2015
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Antarctic fishes that manufacture their own "antifreeze" proteins to survive in the icy Southern Ocean also suffer an unfortunate side effect, researchers report: The protein-bound ice crystals that accumulate inside their ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2014
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