The balmy waters of the Caribbean could turn into a deadly heat trap for countless tiny creatures. Authors of a new study conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that microscopic ...
Environment
Aug 15, 2016
1
16
Sea urchins are remarkable organisms. They can quickly regrow damaged spines and feet. Some species also live to extraordinary old ages and—even more remarkably—do so with no signs of poor health, such as a decline in ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2016
2
749
Researchers have uncovered a fossil sea urchin that pushes back a fork in its family tree by 10 million years, according to a new study.
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2015
0
74
Scientists have used computer simulations to reconstruct feeding in the common ancestor shared between humans and starfish, which lived over half a billion years ago.
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2015
0
31
A sophisticated imaging technique has allowed scientists to virtually peer inside a 10-million-year-old sea urchin, uncovering a treasure trove of hidden fossils.
Archaeology
Sep 3, 2015
0
53
In August 2011, scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory walked into their labs to a strange, disturbing sight: Thousands of purple sea urchins and other marine invertebrates were dead in their tanks, which are ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2015
4
1034
(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers has undertaken a study of the current status of investigation into the decorating behavior of non-human organisms. Graeme Ruxton, with the University of St. Andrews and Martin Stevens with ...
Neuropeptides are small proteins in the brains of all animals that bind to receptor proteins and cause activity in cells. The researchers at Queen Mary University of London, led by Professor Maurice Elphick, were investigating ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2015
1
985
Scientists have found a way to measure the unseen toll that environmental stress places on living creatures—showing that they can rev up their metabolism to work more than twice as hard as normal to cope with change.
Environment
Mar 30, 2015
3
61
A sex-changing fish called California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) plays a vital role in the food web of kelp forests along the Pacific coast. Commonly found in the waters from Baja California to Point Conception—although ...
Ecology
Dec 10, 2014
0
0
