A new global treaty on the high seas will enable the creation of sanctuaries deemed vital for the oceans, but many questions remain unanswered. Among them: How can we protect marine areas far from the coast? Where will they ...
Ecology
Jun 19, 2023
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Spanning about one-third of Florida's East coast, the Indian River Lagoon has faced frequent harmful algal blooms in recent years. Among them, Pseudo-nitzschia spp., algae that produces the neurotoxin domoic acid.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2023
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The number of species of the green alga sea lettuce in the Baltic Sea region and Skagerak and is much larger than what was previously known. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have surveyed 10,000 kilometers of coast ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2023
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A crowd of beachgoers cheered and hollered on Tuesday as they watched Mote Marine staff release two loggerhead sea turtles, named Lilly and Farmer, into the water at Lido Beach in Sarasota.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2023
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An international research team led by Faviel A. López-Romero from the Department of Paleontology at the University of Vienna investigated how the jaw shape of sharks has changed over the course of evolution. They conclude ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2023
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Fish aren't impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them.
Ecology
May 1, 2023
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Climate change is raising the risk of extreme weather, causing food shortages and threatening the existence of myriad species—and if that weren't enough, it's now prompting pirates to plague the world's oceans and seas.
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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Sea ice algae is an essential resource for the survival of many species living in the Arctic.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2023
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You might think it'd be easy to track an animal as large as a blue whale. But don't let their size fool you—they're incredibly hard to study using conventional methods.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2023
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Seals, sea lions and walruses—a group of animals called pinnipeds—have been heavily exploited throughout much of human history. Many of these species have at some point even been threatened with extinction.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2023
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