Marine Biology News
June 15, 2024
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June 14, 2024 — A new study has shown for the first time that when sandhoppers want to enter a period of deep sleep each winter they have the means through which to increase the magnesium levels in their bodies -- ...
June 13, 2024 — The increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves in recent decades is one of the effects of global climate change. A study shows that the extreme heatwave of 2022 caused an 'unprecedented' increase in mortality of the red gorgonian ...
June 13, 2024 — Thirty-by-thirty: protect 30% of the planet by 2030. While conservation is popular in principle, the costs of actually enacting it often stall even the most earnest efforts. Researchers have now proposed a market-based approach to achieving the ...
June 13, 2024 — Scientists found elevated mercury levels in dolphins in the U.S. Southeast. The highest levels were found in dolphins in Florida's St. Joseph and Choctawhatchee Bays. Researchers study dolphins because they are considered a sentinel species for ...
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May 28, 2024 — Corals play an essential role in ocean ecosystems, and like many organisms, they are under threat from climate change and other human activities. To better protect coral, it's first necessary to ...
June 12, 2024 — Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body ...
June 12, 2024 — Geochemists used thallium isotopes to track the rise and fall of free oxygen on Earth between 2.5 and 2.2 billion years ago, the process that enabled ...
June 12, 2024 — New research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland as belonging to a newly identified species of ...
June 11, 2024 — A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the Earth's climate, new research has ...
May 29, 2024 — A new model reassesses the proportion of terrestrial and marine species threatened with extinction by climate change. While the forecasts of traditional models estimate that the diversity of ...
June 10, 2024 — An international research team has discovered the oldest known marine plant using a novel genetic clock. This 1400-year-old seagrass clone from the Baltic Sea dates back to the Migration Period. The ...
June 6, 2024 — Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers, according to a new ...
May 30, 2024 — Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in infected ...
June 6, 2024 — Limited understanding of basic ocean processes is hindering progress in marine carbon dioxide removal, with the on-going commercialization of some ...
Earlier Headlines
June 6, 2024 — What species live in this coral reef, and are they healthy? Chemical clues emitted by marine organisms might hold that information. But in underwater environments, invisible compounds create a ...
June 6, 2024 — A breakthrough study changes the way we understand cyanobacteria, which are essential for the sustenance of life. The study shows that these organisms do not operate in isolation, but rather ...
June 5, 2024 — The identity of a prehistoric marine reptile has finally been revealed after experts discovered that some of its remains actually belonged to ...
June 5, 2024 — New research has connected warming ocean temperatures to higher Pacific salmon abundance in the Canadian Arctic, an indicator that climate change is creating new corridors for the fish to expand ...
June 5, 2024 — A new genetic study found that heavy fishing in the early part of the fishing season may result in younger and smaller Atlantic salmon. This information can help to conserve large fish essential for ...
June 5, 2024 — Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The discovery sheds new light on a conundrum that has stumped zoologists and paleontologists for ...
June 4, 2024 — Giant viruses found on the Greenland ice sheet probably regulate the growth of snow algae on the ice by infecting them. Knowing how to control these viruses could help us reduce the rate of ...
June 4, 2024 — A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems: rapid interventions to save the ...
June 4, 2024 — A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms that live along the rocky shores of the Pacific ...
June 4, 2024 — Lucinid clams, inconspicuous inhabitants of the seafloor and one of the most diverse group of animals in the ocean, rely on symbiotic bacteria for their survival. Researchers now reveal the ...
June 4, 2024 — A team of palaeontologists has discovered a fossil of a gigantic flying reptile from the Jurassic period with an estimated wingspan of more than three metres -- making it one of the largest ...
June 3, 2024 — A new scientific model is giving researchers an unprecedented, global look at the activities of clams, worms, and other invertebrate animals that burrow at the bottom of the ...
June 3, 2024 — A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers expect that many more plastic degrading fungi are ...
June 3, 2024 — The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ...
June 1, 2024 — One of Earth's most consequential bursts of biodiversity -- a 30-million-year period of explosive evolutionary changes spawning innumerable new species -- may have the most modest of creatures ...
May 30, 2024 — Research has led to a new tool for forecasting coral disease that could help conservationists step in at the right times with key interventions. Ecological forecasts are critical tools for conserving ...
May 29, 2024 — New phenological and behavioral models will help scientists collect more accurate counts of emperor penguins. Emperor penguins are at the top of the food web. They are a reflection of how lower ...
May 29, 2024 — 62% of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) designated to protect rare migratory fish species are outside of their core habitats, according to a new modeling ...
May 28, 2024 — A team of scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms, clams and shrimps, across all the oceans of the ...
May 27, 2024 — While most organisms have biological clocks synchronized with the day-night cycle (circadian rhythms), marine animals in tidal areas have also developed circatidal rhythms to align with the tidal ...
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Scientists 'read' The Messages in Chemical Clues Left by Coral Reef Inhabitants
- A New Study Reveals That Marine Cyanobacteria Communicate
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Fishy Mystery of Marine Reptile Solved
- 'Open Gates' In Warming Arctic Are Expanding Salmon Range
- Early Summer Fishing Can Have an Evolutionary Impact, Resulting in Smaller Salmon
- 'Missing' Early Sea Sponges Discovered
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Giant Viruses Found on Greenland Ice Sheet
- Exploring Three Frontiers in Marine Biomass and Blue Carbon Capture
- Rocky Shores of Pacific Northwest Show Low Resilience to Changes in Climate
- Small, but Smart: How Symbiotic Bacteria Adapt to Big Environmental Changes
- Gigantic Jurassic Pterosaur Fossil Unearthed in Oxfordshire, UK
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Mapping the Seafloor Sediment Superhighway
- Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
- How Sharks Survived a Major Spike in Earth's Temperature
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Researchers Improve Satellite Surveillance of Emperor Penguins
- Marine Protected Areas Don't Line Up With Core Habitats of Rare Migratory Fish, Finds New Research
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Monday, May 27, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Biodiversity in Crabs: More Than Counting Species
- Constantly on the Hunt for Food: Harbor Porpoises More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought
- Sexual Parasitism Helped Anglerfish Invade the Deep Sea During a Time of Global Warming
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Future Climate Impacts Put Whale Diet at Risk
- New Insights Into the Degradation Dynamics of Organic Material in the Seafloor
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
Monday, May 20, 2024
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Zombie Cells in the Sea: Viruses Keep the Most Common Marine Bacteria in Check
- Deep-Sea Sponge's 'zero-Energy' Flow Control Could Inspire New Energy Efficient Designs
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Jet-Propelled Sea Creatures Could Improve Ocean Robotics
- Killer Whales Breathe Just Once Between Dives, Study Confirms
- Summers Warm Up Faster Than Winters, Fossil Shells from Antwerp Show
- Final Dust Settles Slowly in the Deep Sea
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Genetics Provide Key to Fight Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
- Young Whale's Journey Highlights Threats Facing Ocean Animals
Monday, May 13, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Ocean Biodiversity Work Needs Improvement
- Rapid Oyster Reef Restoration Gives Hope for Repairing the Sea
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Human Activity Is Making It Harder for Scientists to Interpret Oceans' Past
- Marine Bacteria Team Up to Produce a Vital Vitamin
- Scientists Find Ancient, Endangered Lamprey Fish in Queensland, 1400 Km North of Its Previous Known Range
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Scientists Replace Fishmeal in Aquaculture With Microbial Protein Derived from Soybean Processing Wastewater
- Unveiling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Bioluminescence First Evolved in Animals at Least 540 Million Years Ago
- Squids' Birthday Influences Mating
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear -- And Rebound
- Helping Migrating Salmon Survive Mortality Hot-Spot
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- Marine Plankton Behavior Could Predict Future Marine Extinctions
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Reproductive Success Improves After a Single Generation in the Wild for Descendants of Some Hatchery-Origin Chinook Salmon
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Where Have All the Right Whales Gone?
- Oceanographers Uncover the Vital Role of Mixing Down of Oxygen in Sustaining Deep Sea Health
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Geobiology: New Placozoan Habitat Discovered
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- What's Quieter Than a Fish? A School of Them
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- What Four Decades of Canned Salmon Reveal About Marine Food Webs
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Severe Hurricanes Boost Influx of Juveniles and Gene Flow in a Coral Reef Sponge
- Two Coral Snakes Recorded Battling for Prey in a Scientific First
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Citizen Scientists Contribute Vital Information About 35 Seahorse Species
- Caller ID of the Sea: Tagging Whale Communication and Behavior
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- Entanglements of Humpback Whales in Fish Farms Rare -- And Naivety Could Be to Blame
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Scientists Weigh Up Current Status of Blue Whale Populations Around the World
- Killer Whales Use Specialized Hunting Techniques to Catch Marine Mammals in the Open Ocean
- Ancient Giant Dolphin Discovered in the Amazon
- Fish Fed to Farmed Salmon Should Be Part of Our Diet, Too, Study Suggests
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Even Inactive Smokers Are Densely Colonized by Microbial Communities
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
- Shark-Bitten Orcas in the Northeastern Pacific Could Be a New Population of Killer Whale
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Extensive Leatherback Turtle Activity Along U.S. Coastline