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Archerfish Get an Eye Test
March 21, 2013 — A modified version of an eye test used to assess visual acuity in the military has been given to archerfish by scientists to help explain how these remarkable fish are able to accurately spit down ... > full story -
Microalgae Could Be a Profitable Source of Biodiesel
March 21, 2013 — Dinoflagellate microalgae could be used as a raw material to obtain biodiesel easily and ... > full story -
Some Alaskan Trout Use Flexible Guts for the Ultimate Binge Diet
March 20, 2013 — The stomach and intestines of certain trout double to quadruple in size during month-long eating binges in Alaska each August. The rest of the year, the fish live off their reserves and their ... > full story -
Why Red Algae Never Colonized Dry Land
March 20, 2013 — The first red alga genome has just been sequenced. The genome of Chondrus crispus, also known by the Breton name 'pioka', turns out to be small and compact for a multicellular organism. It has fewer ... > full story -
For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest
March 19, 2013 — One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world – and the best studied – is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Reasons Behind Snakes' 'Shrinking Heads'
March 19, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered how some sea snakes have developed 'shrunken heads' -- or smaller physical features than their related ... > full story -
Can a Tropical Water Flea Invade European Lakes?
March 19, 2013 — Daphnia lumholtzi is a small crustacean that lives in the tropics. This plankton-like creature is also an invasive species in North America -- and so far, it has never been detected in Europe's lakes ... > full story -
Enigmatic Giant Squid Is Same Species in All Oceans of the Planet, DNA Studies Show
March 19, 2013 — The giant squid is one of the most enigmatic animals on the planet. It is extremely rarely seen, except as the remains of animals that have been washed ashore, and placed in the formalin or ethanol ... > full story -
Oxygen-Poor 'Boring' Ocean Challenged Evolution of Early Life
March 18, 2013 — Biogeochemists have filled in a billion-year gap in our understanding of conditions in the early ocean during a critical time in life's history on Earth. During the period 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ... > full story -
Ten Times More Hurricane Surges in Future, New Research Predicts
March 18, 2013 — How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, ... > full story
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