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Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Friday, November 14, 2025

UH calculates survival needs of deep-diving Hawaiian pilot whales

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An aerial view of Hawaiʻi short-finned pilot whales at the surface. Photo Credit: HIMB Marine Mammal Research Program For the first time, sc...

Severe impact of avian flu on southern elephant seals

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Elephant seals on Lagoon Island near Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Photo Credit: Steve Gibbs, BAS New research reveals 47% decline in breeding...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise

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Orange cup corals, pictured growing on rocks above, are native to the Pacific Ocean. As they grow, corals incorporate minerals from seawater...

Drones Map Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Site Hotspots

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Graduate student and lead author, Summer Manestar, holding the UX11 unmanned aerial vehicle that was used in the study. Photo Credit: Courte...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Hawaiian monk seals are far more ‘talkative’ than previously known

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Two adult Hawaiian monk seals interacting under water. Photo Credit: Krista Jaspers A new study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻ...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Stranded Florida dolphins show Alzheimer’s-like brain changes linked to toxic algal blooms

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Photo Credit:  Oleksandr Sushko A new study has discovered that dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon show brain changes similar ...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Deep-sea mining waste threatens life and food webs in  ocean’s dim “twilight zone”

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Illustration showing midwater impacts of deep sea mining operations. Image credit: Dowd et al 2025 (Nature Communications) Illustration Cred...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage

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An octopus camouflages itself with the seafloor. UC San Diego scientists have discovered a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin,...

Angling best practices are essential to promote shark survival

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A male porbeagle shark caught off the coast of Scotland. Photo Credit James Thorburn Most sharks in UK waters survive catch-and-release fish...

Researchers in Japan Discover New Jellyfish Species Deserving of a Samurai Warrior Name

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Physalia mikazuki sp. nov., a newly described Portuguese man-of-war collected from Gamo Beach, Sendai Bay. The gas-filled float and long tra...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Bowhead whales’ secret to long life may lie in a protein

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University of Rochester biologists are considering ways to ramp up in humans the CIRBP protein, which plays a key role in repairing DNA in b...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Retreating Glaciers May Send Fewer Nutrients to the Ocean

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Northwestern Glacier in Alaska has retreated approximately 15 kilometers (nine miles) since 1950. Photo Credit: Kiefer Forsch/Scripps Instit...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Climate change may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans

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The researchers’ findings raise concerns about how climate change may affect the levels of methylmercury in fish and shellfish. Photo Credit...

Lessons from Ascension’s shark troubles could help boost conservation

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Sharks at the coast of Ascension Island. Photo Credit Kate Downes Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with sharks could help ha...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Critically endangered shark meat sold in US stores

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Image Credit: Gillie Sibrian/UNC-Chapel Hill Critically endangered shark meat is being sold at American grocery stores — often under mislead...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Rare glimpse at understudied ecosystem prompts caution on deep-sea mining

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Some of the animals identified in the deep-sea that spend their life in the benthic boundary layer. Photo Credit: Gabrielle Ellis An enormou...

What Is: Microplastics

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Microplastic Credit: Scientific Frontline The Invisible Tide of Plastic The modern era has been defined, in part, by the versatility and ubi...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

3D-printed shelters increase baby coral survival rates

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Researchers place the modules onto experimental tables in Kāneʻohe Bay. Photo Credit: Jessica Reichert To dramatically increase coral surviv...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Study first to show if nesting heat affects sea turtle hatchling ‘IQ’

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A loggerhead hatchling goes through the Y-maze to test its learning abilities. Photo Credit: Sarah Milton, Florida Atlantic University As sa...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Global ‘Noahʻs Ark’ to safeguard coral reefs, led by UH scientists

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Acropora muricata, Heron Island, Australia. Photo Credit: Claire Lager, Smithsonian In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects o...