Sea Life News
May 10, 2024
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May 9, 2024 — An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management strategies and a failure to restrict the most ...
May 9, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new partnership between a marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean. The newly-discovered bacterial symbiont is closely related to the ...
May 9, 2024 — After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 8, 2024 — Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin B12. The team's experiments show that the two microbial species have developed a coordinated ...
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May 8, 2024 — New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil ...
May 6, 2024 — As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping off the California coast, new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, ...
May 2, 2024 — Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting a rapid spread and the potential ecological impacts. The research shows the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Indigenous aquaculture systems in Hawaii, known as loko i'a or fishponds, can increase the amount of fish and fisheries harvested both inside and outside of the pond. Today, aquaculture supplies less ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Report details first-ever finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in North American ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Scientists have successfully replaced half of the fishmeal protein in the diets of farmed Asian seabass with a 'single cell protein' cultivated from ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 25, 2024 — Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his life, according to new research. Spear squid (Heterololigo bleekeri) that hatch earlier in the season ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers used acoustic telemetry to tag and track coho on their ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations. However, this has not been the case with microbial ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reef systems, which can be used to assess ecosystem ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers who created 'family trees' for nearly 10,000 fish found that first-generation, wild-born descendants of hatchery-origin Chinook salmon in an Oregon river show improved ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A massive new analysis of high seas salmon surveys is enhancing the understanding of salmon ecology, adding details about where various species congregate in the North Pacific Ocean and their ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. Existing techniques to attach sensors currently ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A research team discovers previously unknown gene that indirectly promotes photosynthesis Protein regulator NirP1 influences the coordination of the nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism 'Such ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. Biologists report on a surprising discovery: ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using new data to help avoid right whales' harmful ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or 'seaweed,' to evolve multicellularity. Three lineages of macroalgae developed ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A study suggests that people with diets high in seafood may face a greater risk of exposure to PFAS -- the family of human-made toxins known as 'forever chemicals' -- than previously ...
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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
Monday, April 15, 2024
- How Blue-Green Algae Manipulate Microorganisms
- Even the Simplest Marine Organisms Tend to Be Individualistic
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Where Have All the Right Whales Gone?
- How Seaweed Became Multicellular
- PFAS Exposure from High Seafood Diets May Be Underestimated
- Oceanographers Uncover the Vital Role of Mixing Down of Oxygen in Sustaining Deep Sea Health
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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
- Do Some Mysterious Bones Belong to Gigantic Ichthyosaurs?
Monday, April 8, 2024
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
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
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
- Artificial Streams Reveal How Drought Shapes California's Alpine Ecosystems
- A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony
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
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Menopause Explains Why Some Female Whales Live So Long
- With Discovery of Roundworms, Great Salt Lake's Imperiled Ecosystem Gets More Interesting
- Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
- Rope Entanglement Cause of Low Breeding Rates in Right Whales, Analysis Finds
- High Resolution Imagery Advances the Ability to Monitor Decadal Changes in Emperor Penguin Populations
- Sonic Youth: Healthy Reef Sounds Increase Coral Settlement
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- A Coral Superhighway in the Indian Ocean
- History Repeats as Coral Bay Faces Mass Loss of Coral and Fish Life
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Anemonefish Are Better Taxonomists Than Humans
- Halloween Toy Among Plastics Swallowed by Sea Turtles
- Study Illuminates the Protective Role of Fluorescence in Neon-Colored Sea Anemones
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- New Technique May Help Scientists Stave Off Coral Reef Collapse
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Eight New Deep-Sea Species of Marine Sponges Discovered
- Scientists Raise the Alarm: Too Many Harbour Porpoises Die Each Year in Fishing Nets
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Microbes Impact Coral Bleaching Susceptibility
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep Off Costa Rica
- Do Some Electric Fish Sense the World Through Comrades' Auras?
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Fossils of Giant Sea Lizard With Dagger-Like Teeth Show How Our Oceans Have Fundamentally Changed Since the Dinosaur Era
- Conservation Actions for SA's White Shark Population Now a Matter of Urgency
- Microalgae With Unusual Cell Biology
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale
- The Golgi Organelle's Ribbon Structure Is Not Exclusive to Vertebrates, Contrary to Previous Consensus
- Researchers Are First to See at-Risk Bat Flying Over Open Ocean
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Walleye Struggle With Changes to Timing of Spring Thaw
- Extinctions Could Result as Fish Change Foraging Behavior in Response to Rising Temperatures
Monday, February 26, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Climate Change Could Push Bowhead Whales to Cross Paths With Shipping Traffic
- Citizen Science to Mitigate the Environmental Crisis in the Marine Environment
- An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins
- Mercury Levels in Tuna Remain Nearly Unchanged Since 1971
- Toxic Elements Found in Stranded Whales, Dolphins Over 15 Years
- Baleen Whales Evolved a Unique Larynx to Communicate but Cannot Escape Human Noise
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Unlocking the Energetic Secrets of Collective Animal Movement: How Group Behavior Reduces Energy Costs in Fish
- Even Very Low Levels of Pesticide Exposure Can Affect Fish for Generations
- Artificial Reefs Help Preserve Coral Reefs by Shifting Divers Away from the Natural Ones, According to New Long-Term Study of One in Eilat
- Nature's Checkup: Surveying Biodiversity With Environmental DNA Sequencing
- Decline in Microbial Genetic Richness in the Western Arctic Ocean
- Gulf Corals Still Suffering More Than a Decade After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Scientists Report