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Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Saturday, February 8, 2025

Women of Science: A Legacy of Achievement

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Future generations to pursue their passions and break down barriers in the pursuit of knowledge. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline stock im...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

New technology lights way for accelerating coral reef restoration

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Improving coral feeding habits can have a positive domino effect on the marine ecosystem. Photo Credit:  Francesco Ungaro Scientists have de...

Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans

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A blue whale photographed in September 2010. Photo Credit: NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous qua...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today

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. Illustration of some of the apex predators in the Paja Formation biota with a human for scale. Illustration Credit: Guillermo Torres, Hace...
Monday, April 8, 2024

Deep parts of Great Barrier Reef ‘insulated’ from global warming – for now

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Mesophotic corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Photo Credit Prof Peter Mumby Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from ha...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Tomorrow's reefs – the importance of environmental awareness in coral restoration

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Restoration nursery in the northern Red Sea of smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata), almost ready for reef transplantation. Clas...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Shy sea anemones are more likely to survive heatwaves

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Photo Credit: Praveen Kenderla Even in nature, pride can prevail. A study with researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that sea ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

AI breakthrough: UH researchers help uncover climate impact on whales

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Underside of a humpback whale’s tail fluke which can serve as a “finger-print” for identification. Photo Credit: Adam Pack More than 10,000 ...
Friday, March 29, 2024

‘Back to the Future’ to Forecast the Fate of a Dead Florida Coral Reef

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Alex Modys, Ph.D., diving at the coral death assemblage in Pompano Ridge and digging up a subfossil coral, Orbicella annularis. Photo Credit...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Hypoxia is widespread and increasing in the ocean off the Pacific Northwest coast

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In late August, OSU's Jack Barth and his colleagues deployed a glider that traversed Oregon’s near-shore waters from Astoria to Coos Bay...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Menopause explains why some female whales live so long

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Orcas Photo Credit:  NOAA Females of some whale species have evolved to live drastically longer lives so they can care for their families, n...

Marine heat waves disrupt the ocean food web in the northeast Pacific Ocean

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Pyrosomes. Photo Credit: Mark Farley, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University. Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Oc...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Range-shifting fishes are climate-change losers, according to new research

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Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) Photo Credit: Diego Delso ( CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED ) The warming of the Earth’s oceans due to climate change is affe...

Maternal obesity may promote liver cancer

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Obese mice pass on an altered microbiome to their offspring, which has an impact on liver health in adulthood and increases the risk of live...

History repeats as Coral Bay faces mass loss of coral and fish life

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Photo Credit:  Nico Smit A perfect storm of environmental factors has seen a monumental loss of fish and coral life at a popular area of Nin...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Unprecedented heatwaves revealed by marine lab’s historic data

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Auckland A unique record at the University of Auckland's Leigh marine lab shows dramatic change ...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Marine algae implants could boost crop yields

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Discovery could lead to more sustainable food supply Photo Credit:  Oktavianus Mulyadi Scientists have discovered the gene that enables mari...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Aerial surveys reveal ample populations of rays in southeast Florida

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The giant manta ray is designated as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and is protected in Florida waters. Photo Credit: Stev...

New Fish Species Discovered at Remote Islands Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast

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Two females of the newly discovered species, Halichoeres sanchezi or the tailspot wrasse. The males are larger and have different coloration...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

‘Janitors’ of the Sea: Overharvested Sea Cucumbers Play Crucial Role in Protecting Coral

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Photo Credit: Cody Clements Corals are foundational for ocean life. Known as the rainforests of the sea, they create habitats for 25% of all...