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World's Oldest-Known Wild Bird Hatches Another Chick
February 4, 2013 — A Laysan albatross known as "Wisdom" -- believed to be at least 62 years old -- has hatched a chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the sixth consecutive ... > full story -
Large, Ancient Landslides Delivered Preferred Upstream Habitats for Coho Salmon
February 11, 2013 — A study of the Umpqua River basin in the Oregon Coast Range helps explain natural processes behind the width of valleys and provides potentially useful details for river restoration efforts designed ... > full story -
2012 U.S. Shark Attacks Highest Since 2000
February 11, 2013 — Shark attacks in the U.S. reached a decade high in 2012, while worldwide fatalities remained average, according to a new ... > full story -
Scientists Using Holiday Snaps to Identify Whale Sharks
February 8, 2013 — Holidaymakers' photos could help scientists track the movements of giant endangered sharks living in the waters of the Indian Ocean. A new study show that these publicly sourced photographs are ... > full story -
Indonesian Fishing Communities Find Balance Between Biodiversity and Development
February 7, 2013 — Fishing communities living on the islands of Indonesia’s Karimunjawa National Park have found an important balance, improving their social well-being while reducing their reliance on marine ... > full story -
Animal Magnetism: First Evidence That Magnetism Helps Salmon Find Home
February 7, 2013 — When migrating, sockeye salmon typically swim up to 4,000 miles into the ocean and then, years later, navigate back to the upstream reaches of the rivers in which they were born to spawn their young. ... > full story -
How New Corals Species Form in the Ocean
February 6, 2013 — Biological sciences professors have investigated how corals specialize to particular environments in the ocean. They propose that the large dispersal potential of coral larvae in open water and the ... > full story -
Nitrogen from Pollution, Natural Sources Causes Growth of Toxic Algae, Study Finds
February 6, 2013 — Nitrogen in ocean waters fuels the growth of two tiny but toxic phytoplankton species that are harmful to marine life and human health, warns a new study. Researchers found that nitrogen entering the ... > full story -
Environmental Factors Determine Whether Immigrants Are Accepted by Cooperatively Breeding Animals
February 6, 2013 — Cichlid fish are more likely to accept immigrants into their group when they are under threat from predators and need reinforcements, new research ... > full story -
Nothing Fishy About Swimming With Same-Sized Mates
February 6, 2013 — Same-sized fish stick together, using chemical cues to identify each other. Have you ever wondered why, and how, shoals of fish are composed of fish of the same size? According to new research, fish ... > full story
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