Thousands of dark blue creatures have been washing ashore at beaches across the state, littering the shores and bewildering passersby from Marin to Orange county.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2023
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Crabs from a single species rely on different camouflage techniques depending on what habitat they live in, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2019
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The first sightings of a highly invasive crab from the northwest Pacific have been reported on mainland Britain.
Ecology
Jun 13, 2014
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In 1988, a mysterious invader washed upon the New Jersey shore. The Asian shore crab likely arrived in ballast from commercial ships, and it found its new home to be quite agreeable. More than two decades later, the crab, ...
Ecology
May 17, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because they occur so infrequently, more often than not in areas where they aren’t recorded very well, scientists have been working nearly blind in trying to understand how tsunamis work once they reach ...
We are only just beginning to learn how aquatic organisms will respond to climate change, and the effect that this will have on their communities and ecosystems. One way to find out more is to look at whether species will ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2018
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Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap bits of plastic in natural bundles of fibre known as "Neptune balls," researchers said Thursday.
Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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A team of biologists at California State University Long Beach has found that sharks and humans are sharing the waters along California's shore much more often than previously thought. In their study, reported in the open-access ...
The reintroduction of seagrass into Virginia's coastal bays is one of the great success stories in marine restoration. Over the past two decades, scientists and volunteers have broadcast more than 70 million eelgrass seeds ...
Ecology
Oct 7, 2020
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A giant 23-metre (75-foot) whale briefly washed up near a beach in Indonesia but it was unclear how the enormous marine mammal died, a conservation official said Wednesday.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2020
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