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marine biology
24 posts
Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing
The minke whale is a smaller species of baleen whale Kerstin Meyer/Getty Images Brainwave testing of two young…
November 21, 2024
Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics
Heart cockles come in many colours and host photosynthetic algae inside their shells Dakota McCoy A heart-shaped mollusc…
November 19, 2024
Past foraminiferal acclimatization capacity is limited during future warming
Cooley, S. et al. in Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to…
November 13, 2024
Coral photosymbiosis on Mid-Devonian reefs
Davy, S. K., Allemand, D. & Weis, V. M. Cell biology of cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev.…
October 23, 2024
A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish
A blue shark Ken Kiefer/Getty Images/Image Source A blue shark was skewered through the head by a swordfish,…
October 1, 2024
Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey
A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfish Eduardo Sampaio and Simon Gingins Octopuses are even more sophisticated…
September 23, 2024
‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench
A Bryde’s whale surfacing for air NOAA Fisheries A mysterious sound emitted from the depths of the Pacific…
September 18, 2024
Global marine microbial diversity and its potential in bioprospecting
Rusch, D. B. et al. The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical Pacific.…
September 4, 2024
How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis
Nine years ago, in August 2015, Christine Figgener posted a video of her team removing a plastic straw…
August 28, 2024
Sea lion cameras record amazing predator’s view of the ocean
Marine biologists have attached cameras to eight female sea lions to learn more about their behaviour and the…
August 7, 2024