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Wandering Albatross Alters Its Foraging Due to Climate Change
January 12, 2012 — Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, the ... > full storyMore: -
Explosives and Fish Are Traced With Chemical Tags
January 12, 2012 — Researchers have come up with a way of tagging gunpowder which allows its illegal use to be detected even after it has been detonated. Based on the addition of isotopes, the technique can also be ... > full story -
World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea
January 11, 2012 — Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size -- less than one-third of an inch. ... > full story -
Fish Offspring Grow Best at Same Temperature as Parents
January 10, 2012 — Fish parents can pre-condition their offspring to grow fastest at the temperature they experienced, according to new ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Deep-Sea Vents Revealed: Deeper Than Any Seen Before, and Teeming With New Creatures
January 10, 2012 — Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, five kilometers down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometers ... > full story -
Bycatch-22: Protecting Butterfish
January 6, 2012 — Scientists work to assist fishermen in ways to avoid accidentally hauling in butterfish, a species protected by fishing limits. The researchers develop models to predict where the fish will ... > full story -
Paddlefish Sensors Tuned to Detect Signals from Zooplankton Prey
January 5, 2012 — Neurons fire in a synchronized bursting pattern in response to robust signals indicating nearby ... > full story -
Fish Mimics Octopus That Mimics Fish
January 4, 2012 — Nature's game of intimidation and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish and the ... > full story -
How Male Spiders Use Eavesdropping to One-Up Their Rivals
January 4, 2012 — Researchers have made a new discovery into the complex world of spiders that reflects what some might perceive as similar behavior in human society. As male wolf spiders go searching for a mate, it ... > full story -
Molecular Mechanism Links Temperature With Sex Determination in Some Fish Species
December 29, 2011 — Researchers have found the epigenetic mechanism that links temperature and gonadal sex in fish. High temperature increases DNA methylation of the gonadal aromatase promoter in ... > full story
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