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Marsh Plants Actively Engineer Their Landscape
February 13, 2013 — Marsh plants, far from being passive wallflowers, are "secret gardeners" that actively engineer their landscape to increase their species' odds of survival, say ... > full story -
Genetic Study Pursues Elusive Goal: How Many Humpbacks Existed Before Whaling?
February 13, 2013 — Scientists are closing in on the answer to an important conservation question: how many humpback whales once existed in the North ... > full story -
Food and Beverages Not Likely to Make Breast-Fed Babies Fussy
February 13, 2013 — Many new moms fear that eating the wrong foods while breast-feeding will make their baby fussy. However, no sound scientific evidence exists to support claims that certain foods or beverages lead to ... > full story -
Arctic Ocean Is on Thin Ice: European Satellite Confirms Numbers
February 13, 2013 — The September 2012 record low in Arctic sea-ice extent was big news, but a missing piece of the puzzle was lurking below the ocean's surface. What volume of ice floats on Arctic waters? And how does ... > full story -
Picky Eater Fish Clean Up Seaweeds from Coral Reefs
February 12, 2013 — Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for ... > full story -
New Way to Identify Which El Niño Events Will Have Biggest Impact on U.S. Winter Weather
February 8, 2013 — Weather forecasters have long known that El Niño events can throw seasonal climate patterns off kilter, particularly during winter months. Now, new research suggests that a different way to ... > 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 -
Nylons Made from Shrimps
February 7, 2013 — Scientists are investigating how shell waste from crustaceans could be turned into polymer precursors as a substitute to petroleum-derived ... > full story -
Tiny Marine Creature Spreading Through Ocean, Stabilizing Reefs and Islands With Calcareous Shells
February 6, 2013 — The climate is getting warmer, and sea levels are rising -- a threat to island nations. As a group of researchers found out, at the same time, tiny single-cell organisms are spreading rapidly through ... > full story
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