It is five centimeters long, but larger than all its relatives: Microichthys grandis, literally "big little fish."
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2023
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A large team of marine, molecular and genetic biologists affiliated with a number of institutions in China has conducted what they describe as a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the black sea cucumber (Holothuria ...
A large mass of Sargassum "seaweed" circling around the Gulf of Mexico may soon wash up along the U.S. coast near Florida—depending on the right combination of currents and wind. The bloom, which may likely be the largest ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2023
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In an article published in the journal Ecography, a group of Brazilian researchers reports the results of a review of the scientific literature on reptiles published between 1960 and 2021, considering the more than 11,000 ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2023
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A research group from Nagoya University in central Japan has discovered three new species of bioluminescent polycirrus worms from different parts of Japan. Usually found in shallow water, polycirrus are small worms, known ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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Protecting wildlife across the world could significantly enhance natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks, a new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor of Population ...
Ecology
Mar 28, 2023
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Hundreds of volunteers descended on the beaches of the North Sea coast this weekend to collect sea shells as a measure of the sea's biological diversity.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2023
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Four sea otters that stranded in California died from an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, according to a study from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the University of California, Davis. The disease ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2023
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Seals, sea lions, and fur seals are at risk from interactions with fisheries and aquaculture, as they can become entangled in nets or cages, and drown. In a study published in Mammal Review, investigators analyzed research ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2023
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A Griffith University study found that wetland vegetation will naturally re-establish on abandoned agricultural land threatened by sea level rise.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2023
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