Marine Biology News
May 21, 2024
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A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
May 21, 2024 — A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study ...
May 20, 2024 — Using citizen science, photographs, on-water observations and the combination of morphological and genetic data, researchers have provided evidence that the Atlantic cownose ray has recently made a new home in Bermuda. Results show that after ...
May 13, 2024 — Researchers have used a novel combination of short-read and long-read RNA sequencing to identify the different isoforms of genes expressed in the crustacean Daphnia magna. Males and females are genetically identical, but using this technique the ...
May 17, 2024 — The deep-sea Venus flower basket sponge can filter feed using only the faint ambient currents of the ocean depths, no pumping required, new research reveals. This discovery of natural 'zero energy' ...
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May 15, 2024 — In a warmer climate, summers warm much faster than winters, according to research into fossil shells. With this knowledge we can better map the consequences of current global warming in the North Sea ...
May 17, 2024 — Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a ...
May 16, 2024 — Sea otters are one of the few animals that use tools to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools -- most of whom are female -- are able to eat larger ...
May 15, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet propulsion, an unusual kind of locomotion that could inspire ...
May 15, 2024 — A new study has confirmed a long-held assumption: that orcas take just one breath between dives. The researchers used drone footage and biological data from tags suction-cupped to 11 northern and ...
May 15, 2024 — 'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. Yet, a small portion of the stirred-up bottom ...
May 14, 2024 — Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a study into the pest's ...
May 14, 2024 — A young whale's journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers ...
May 9, 2024 — An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management ...
May 9, 2024 — After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
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May 8, 2024 — New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil ...
May 8, 2024 — Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin B12. The team's experiments show that the ...
May 8, 2024 — Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, about 1400 km north of where it was previously known ...
May 6, 2024 — As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping off the California coast, new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...
May 2, 2024 — Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. Currently, the amount of thallium, which is ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to 'boring' vegetables. A ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Indigenous aquaculture systems in Hawaii, known as loko i'a or fishponds, can increase the amount of fish and fisheries harvested both inside and outside of the pond. Today, aquaculture supplies ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Scientists have successfully replaced half of the fishmeal protein in the diets of farmed Asian seabass with a 'single cell protein' cultivated from microbes in soybean processing ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting a rapid spread and the potential ecological impacts. The research shows the ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his life, according to new research. Spear squid (Heterololigo bleekeri) that hatch earlier in the season ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers used acoustic telemetry to tag and track coho on their ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations. However, this has not been the case with microbial ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Human Activity Is Making It Harder for Scientists to Interpret Oceans' Past
- Marine Bacteria Team Up to Produce a Vital Vitamin
- Scientists Find Ancient, Endangered Lamprey Fish in Queensland, 1400 Km North of Its Previous Known Range
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Scientists Replace Fishmeal in Aquaculture With Microbial Protein Derived from Soybean Processing Wastewater
- Unveiling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Bioluminescence First Evolved in Animals at Least 540 Million Years Ago
- Squids' Birthday Influences Mating
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear -- And Rebound
- Helping Migrating Salmon Survive Mortality Hot-Spot
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- Marine Plankton Behavior Could Predict Future Marine Extinctions
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Reproductive Success Improves After a Single Generation in the Wild for Descendants of Some Hatchery-Origin Chinook Salmon
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Where Have All the Right Whales Gone?
- Oceanographers Uncover the Vital Role of Mixing Down of Oxygen in Sustaining Deep Sea Health
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Geobiology: New Placozoan Habitat Discovered
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- What's Quieter Than a Fish? A School of Them
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- What Four Decades of Canned Salmon Reveal About Marine Food Webs
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Severe Hurricanes Boost Influx of Juveniles and Gene Flow in a Coral Reef Sponge
- Two Coral Snakes Recorded Battling for Prey in a Scientific First
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Citizen Scientists Contribute Vital Information About 35 Seahorse Species
- Caller ID of the Sea: Tagging Whale Communication and Behavior
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- Entanglements of Humpback Whales in Fish Farms Rare -- And Naivety Could Be to Blame
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Scientists Weigh Up Current Status of Blue Whale Populations Around the World
- Killer Whales Use Specialized Hunting Techniques to Catch Marine Mammals in the Open Ocean
- Ancient Giant Dolphin Discovered in the Amazon
- Fish Fed to Farmed Salmon Should Be Part of Our Diet, Too, Study Suggests
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Even Inactive Smokers Are Densely Colonized by Microbial Communities
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
- Shark-Bitten Orcas in the Northeastern Pacific Could Be a New Population of Killer Whale
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Extensive Leatherback Turtle Activity Along U.S. Coastline
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- With Discovery of Roundworms, Great Salt Lake's Imperiled Ecosystem Gets More Interesting
- Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
- High Resolution Imagery Advances the Ability to Monitor Decadal Changes in Emperor Penguin Populations
- Sonic Youth: Healthy Reef Sounds Increase Coral Settlement
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Alaska Dinosaur Tracks Reveal a Lush, Wet Environment
- A Coral Superhighway in the Indian Ocean
- History Repeats as Coral Bay Faces Mass Loss of Coral and Fish Life
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Anemonefish Are Better Taxonomists Than Humans
- Halloween Toy Among Plastics Swallowed by Sea Turtles
- Study Illuminates the Protective Role of Fluorescence in Neon-Colored Sea Anemones
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- New Technique May Help Scientists Stave Off Coral Reef Collapse
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Eight New Deep-Sea Species of Marine Sponges Discovered
- Scientists Raise the Alarm: Too Many Harbour Porpoises Die Each Year in Fishing Nets
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Microbes Impact Coral Bleaching Susceptibility
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep Off Costa Rica
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale
- The Golgi Organelle's Ribbon Structure Is Not Exclusive to Vertebrates, Contrary to Previous Consensus
- Researchers Are First to See at-Risk Bat Flying Over Open Ocean
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Walleye Struggle With Changes to Timing of Spring Thaw
- Extinctions Could Result as Fish Change Foraging Behavior in Response to Rising Temperatures
Monday, February 26, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Climate Change Could Push Bowhead Whales to Cross Paths With Shipping Traffic
- Why Are Fish Getting Smaller as Waters Warm? It's Not Their Gills
- Citizen Science to Mitigate the Environmental Crisis in the Marine Environment
- An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins
- Mercury Levels in Tuna Remain Nearly Unchanged Since 1971
- Toxic Elements Found in Stranded Whales, Dolphins Over 15 Years
- Baleen Whales Evolved a Unique Larynx to Communicate but Cannot Escape Human Noise