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
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(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
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U.S. scientists on Tuesday completed a nearly two-week mission to explore waters around the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of a 12-year project to map the Caribbean seafloor and help protect its reefs.
Environment
Apr 7, 2015
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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
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We know that fishing has significant impacts on our oceans and the animals that live in them. Effects can range from habitat modification caused by bottom trawls, stock declines from overfishing or subtler consequences such ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2015
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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
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A study of sea urchins from the Antarctic Peninsula has revealed an ability to adapt to changing conditions such as rising sea temperature and acidification. Writing in the Journal of Animal Ecology the authors set out to ...
Ecology
Dec 10, 2014
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Sleeping around pays off for females, according to an international team of evolutionary biologists.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2014
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A complete tree of life – showing how and when organisms are related to each other – has long been desired by biologists, but obscured by the vagaries of the fossil record.
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2014
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