Marine Biology News

Posted November 26, 2009:

• California's Ancient Kelp Forest
• Sponges Recycle Carbon To Give Life To Coral Reefs
• Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish Unraveled

Posted November 24, 2009:

• How Might Navy Sonar Affect Hearing of Whales and Other Marine Animals?
• Global Study of Salmon Shows: 'Sustainable' Food Isn't So Sustainable

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Climate Modeling May Have Missed Something: Aquatic Creatures Mix Ocean Water by Swimming
• Deep-Sea World Beyond Sunlight: Explorers Census 17,650 Ocean Species on Edge of Black Abyss
• Sea Stars Bulk Up to Beat the Heat
• Fish Food Fight: Fish Don't Eat Trees After All, Says New Study

Posted November 20, 2009:

• Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?

Posted November 16, 2009:

• Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas

Posted November 12, 2009:

• Bizarre Lives of Bone-Eating Worms
• Earth's Early Ocean Cooled More Than A Billion Years Earlier Than Thought

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Researchers Identify What Makes Deadly Algae More Toxic
• Anchovy Parasite Hazard Varies Depending On Origin Of Fish, Study Finds

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Antarctica Glacier Retreat Creates New Carbon Dioxide Store; Has Beneficial Impact on Climate Change

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues To Climate Change

Posted November 7, 2009:

• Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean Molting On Demand

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Creating Cultured Pearls From The Queen Conch: Scientists Unlock Mystery
• Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus Just Save Them

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
• North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
• Tags Reveal White Sharks Have Neighborhoods In The North Pacific

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Deep-Sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change

Posted November 2, 2009:

• SMOS Satellite Successfully Launched: First-Ever Satellite To Attempt To Measure Ocean Salinity From Space
• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
• Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year
• Ocean Acidification May Contribute To Global Shellfish Decline

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Novel Evolutionary Theory For The Explosion Of Life
• Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter
• Scientists Map Fish Habitat And Movements At Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
• Mantis Shrimp Eyes Could Show Way To Better DVD And CD Players
• Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
• Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems

Posted October 24, 2009:

• Salmon Migration Mystery Explored On Idaho's Clearwater River

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Genome Of Microbe Silently Shaping Ecology Of Ocean Dead Zones Described

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Geologist Analyzes Earliest Shell-Covered Fossil Animals
• New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past
• Eutrophication Affects Diversity Of Algae

Posted October 19, 2009:

• Predicting Seabed Response To Climate Change

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