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Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Biology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Bristol scientists discover early sponges were soft

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Xestospongia muta, the barrel sponge, may live for 100 years and grow to over 6 feet tall. While populations have declined at sites througho...

A molecular switch that controls transitions between single-celled and multicellular forms

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The marine yeast Hortaea werneckii switches between unicellular and multicellular forms depending on food availability. These microscope ima...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Manta rays create mobile ecosystems

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Juvenile Atlantic manta ray swimming over sandflat with remora symbionts in South Florida.  Photo Credit: Bryant Turffs A new study from the...

Identical micro-animals live in two isolated deep-sea environments. How is that possible?

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The researchers traveled on the research vessel Polarstern to South Sandwich Trench where they collected sediment samples. Photo Credit: ©An...
Friday, December 5, 2025

New deep-sea species discovered during mining test

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A small marine bristle worm. The group from the University of Gothenburg has been working with this species. It is one of the few species th...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

New marine sponges provide clues about animal evolution

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Paco Cárdenas and Julio A. Díaz have described new sponges found off the coast of Spain. The researchers discovered that the sponges produce...
Monday, December 1, 2025

The mystery of the missing deep ocean carbon fixers

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Alyson Santoro Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Alyson Santoro's research focuses on microbes involved in nutr...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Marine Biology: In-Depth Description

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Photo Credit:  Neeraj Pramanik Marine Biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean and other brackish bodies of water. This dis...

Counting salmon is a breeze with airborne eDNA

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A male Coho salmon, featuring the characteristic hooked nose, returns to spawn from the Oregon Coast. Photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries During th...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic

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Image Credit: Projecte Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic An international team led by Covadonga Orejas, a researcher at the Gijón Oceanographic Cen...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Humpback Whales Are Making a Comeback – Here’s One Reason Why

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Photo Credit: © Olga Filatova/SDU When SDU whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five years look...
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...