Marine Biology News
April 30, 2025
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Apr. 25, 2025 — Strong methods do exist for measuring animal movement in the context of energy expenditure, but these are limited by the physical size of the equipment used. Now, in a paper published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, researchers from the ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A new study has revealed that an incentive program increased live releases of endangered species caught as bycatch. However, unexpectedly, the overall positive impact was reduced by some vessels ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins' fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater ...
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Apr. 22, 2025 — At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic level consumers. A research group examined terrestrial reliance of 19 ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — An international team of scientists and crew on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor (too) was the first to film the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — In the global carbon cycle microorganisms have evolved a variety of methods for fixing carbon. Researchers have investigated the methods that are utilized at extremely hot, acidic and sulfur-rich ...
Studying How Seals Adapt to Extreme Environments Could Lead to Benefits in Human Reproductive Health
Apr. 15, 2025 — Wild animals that have acquired adaptions to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme conditions may provide answers to ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Transplanting seagrass meadows? Yes, it's possible -- and it works! The proof is in Monaco, with the successful transplantation of 384 m of Posidonia oceanica. Posidonia oceanica is an essential ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — New DNA probes allow for efficient surveying of the hidden lives of squids and octopuses in the deep sea. This development provides an effective tool for marine ecological research and conservation ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — As coral bleaching and deaths become more widespread globally, experts show that over a third of restoration projects fail and might never be scalable enough to have positive effects on reef ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A sea turtle's shell is a masterpiece. A study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks and stress while optimizing movement. This ...
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Study reveals commonly detected environmental levels of clobazam -- a medication often prescribed for sleep disorders -- increased the river-to-sea migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild. ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Milky seas are a rare bioluminescent phenomenon where vast areas of the ocean glow at night, sometimes for months. This glow, likely caused by Vibrio harveyi bacteria, has been reported by sailors ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that time rather than a genuine ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be able to support only a minuscule amount of biomass, if life exists on the moon, according to a ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — New research has highlighted more than 43% of Queensland, Australia's current productive aquaculture sites are expected to be impacted by sea level rise. Of the projected inundation caused by ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A new study compares two scallop farming methods, ear-hanging and lantern net culture, over a complete grow-out cycle to determine which approach yields the best results for commercial growers. The ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — For research, ten fishermen working around islands in the Aegean Sea were asked to pinpoint areas where they believed seagrass beds could be found along the coastlines of their respective islands. ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — A new study has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa. The research spans ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, revealing its ancient evolutionary origin dating back over 500 million ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, yet researchers have found that Pacific oysters introduced to the Port River in ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Despite decades of warnings about overfishing, Southeast Asia's capture fisheries have proven remarkably ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients
- Mapping Mercury Contamination in Penguins of the Southern Ocean
- With New Database Researchers May Be Able to Predict Rare Milky Seas Bioluminescent, Glowing Event
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Life Recovered Rapidly at Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid: A Hydrothermal System May Have Helped
- Dinosaurs' Apparent Decline Prior to Asteroid May Be Due to Poor Fossil Record
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds
- One-Third of Australia's Coastal Terrestrial Aquaculture at Risk from Sea Level Rise by 2100
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Coral Diseases and Water Quality Play a Key Role for Coral Restoration and Survival Efforts
- New Study Shines a Light on the Mechanics of Bioluminescence in the Rare Fish Vinciguerria Mabahiss
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Ocean Eddies -- The Food Trucks of the Sea
- Artisanal Fishers Are Almost as Accurate as Satellites in Producing Environmental Data
- Ecosystem Disrupted Following the Disappearance of Great White Sharks
Monday, March 24, 2025
- Biologists Discover Ancient Neurohormone That Controls Appetite
- Introduced Pacific Oysters Provide Biodiversity Benefits in Port River
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Aotearoa Once Home to Elephant Seals
- Study Identifies Viruses in Red Tide Blooms for the First Time
- Restored Stream Supports New Wild Salmon Run
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Marine Animals Help Solve Ocean Issues
- Sulfur Bacteria Team Up to Break Down Substances in the Seabed
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Red Coral Colonies Survive a Decade After Being Transplanted in the Medes Islands
- Coastal Guardians Pioneer a New Way to Protect the Florida Keys' Shorelines
Monday, March 17, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Brown Trout Proven to Successfully Navigate Beaver Dams
- 'Surprising' Cause of Sargassum Blooms in Caribbean
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Signs of Alien Life May Be Hiding in These Gases
- Gene Related to Human Kidney Disease Linked to Touch in Sea Anemones
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Study Explores Effects of Climatic Changes on Christmas Island's Iconic Red Crabs
- 'Fishial' Recognition: Neural Network Identifies Coral Reef Sounds
Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Study Warns of Deadly Future Marine Heat Waves in East Coast Estuaries
- Adaptability of Some Coral Reef Fish to Rising Temperatures
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Amphibians Bounce-Back from Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction
- Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea
Monday, March 3, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Shark Activity in South African Reef Revealed by Citizen Scientist Scuba Divers
- Eavesdropping on Whale Songs Sparks New Discoveries in Whale Ecology
- Feeding Anemone: Symbiote Fish Actively Feed Hosts in Wild
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Humans Inherited Their Flexible Joints from the Earliest Jawed Fish
- Some Animals Cooperate With Members of Other Species
- Siamese Fighting Fish Need More Space in Pet Shops, Study Shows
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Heat-Stressed Reefs May Benefit from Coral-Dwelling Crabs
- How Young Salmon Navigate a Gauntlet of Danger En Route to the Sea
- Research Provides New Detail on the Impact of Volcanic Activity on Early Marine Life
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Underwater Mics and Machine Learning Aid Right Whale Conservation
- Successes of Virginia's Oyster Restoration Efforts
- The Rising Tide of Sand Mining: A Growing Threat to Marine Life
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Scientists Call for Efforts to Protect Habitats of Critically Endangered Shark Species
- Turtles Change Nesting Patterns in Response to Climate Change
- 10 New Sponge Species Near Hawaii
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Nitrogen Fixation on Marine Particles Is Important in the Global Ocean
- We Can Farm More Seafood While Minimizing Its Impact on Biodiversity
- Urban Environments Promote Adaptation to Multiple Stressors
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Under-Sea Mountains Are Key 'hubs' For Sharks
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- New England's Salt Marshes Store 10 Million Cars' Worth of Carbon -- And Add Another 15,000-Worth Every Year
- Foraging Seals Enable Scientists to Measure Fish Abundance Across the Vast Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Great Barrier Reef?
- Economically, Culturally Important Marine Species Vulnerable to Changing Climate
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- International Shark Attack File Report: Unprovoked Shark Bites Plummeted in 2024
- Scientists Harness AI to Help Protect Whales, Advancing Ocean Conservation and Planning
- Study Takes a 'bite' Out of Shark Depredation Using Citizen Science
Monday, February 10, 2025
- California's Marine Protected Areas Boost Fish Populations Across the State
- Scientists Identify Heat-Resistant Kelp Strain
- Follow the Fish's Gaze
Friday, February 7, 2025
- Soft Tissue from a 183 Million-Year-Old Jurassic Plesiosaur Analyzed
- Tracking Algae Species Interactions to Help Predict Harmful Algae Blooms
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard
- New Technology Lights Way for Accelerating Coral Reef Restoration
- Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space
- 'Marine Prosperity Areas' Represent a New Hope in Conservation
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Octopuses Have Some of the Oldest Known Sex Chromosomes
- Revealing Underwater Secrets With New Technique
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Polar Bear Population Decline the Direct Result of Extended 'energy Deficit' Due to Lack of Food
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- How Tiny Algae Shaped the Evolution of Giant Clams
- Underwater Mud Volcanos Are a Haven for Marine Organisms
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Dolphins Use a 'fat Taste' System to Get Their Mother's Milk
- Cycle of Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef Now at 'catastrophic' Levels
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- New Study Provides Insight Into How Some Species Thrive in Dark, Oxygen-Free Environments
- Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Invasive Pike Use Marine Corridors to Colonize New Alaska Territory
- Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods