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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 -
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 -
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 -
Zebrafish Reveals Central Regulator for Development of Brain's Histamine System
February 5, 2013 — Researchers in Finland have shown in a study conducted on zebrafish, that the presenilin-1 (psen1) gene associated with Alzheimer’s disease functions as a central regulator for the development ... > full story -
Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish
February 4, 2013 — Both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from "no-take" protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a new report ... > full story -
Taking a Bite at the Shark Bite
February 1, 2013 — Researchers are studying the bacteria of a shark's mouth in order to improve medical treatment for shark bite ... > full story -
Lake Mead Aquatic-Science Research Documents Substantial Improvements in Ecosystem
January 30, 2013 — Lake Mead National Recreation Area's water quality is good, the sport fish populations are sufficient, and the lakes provide important habitat for an increasing number of birds. This positive trend ... > full story
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