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Parasites like the tapeworm alter their host’s behaviour to their own advantage.
Read moreAfter a record-breaking hot summer, rare tropical fish from Australia have been spotted in New Zealand waters, lured across the Tasman sea by warm ocean temperatures.
Read moreResearchers have identified areas in the Hawaiian Islands where proper management and conservation efforts would yield the greatest increase in coastal fishery stocks if they are managed effectively.
Read moreFish often use kelp forests to hide from potential predators. In recent decades, kelp forests have been taken over by invasive, turf-dominated seaweed species.
Read moreIn a recent study, reef fish exposed to higher temperatures for two generations have produced offspring that can tolerate warmer temperatures.
Read moreThe larvae of some fish species and invertebrate depend on ocean sounds to direct them to places they are supposed to go, for instance, a sheltered location in shallow waters where they spend their juvenile or adult lives.
Read moreAbout 30 new species identified within an area of just 200 square metres—with such amazing diversity, it is no wonder that researchers are excited about the new rariphotic ocean zone in the Caribbean.
Read moreA new video, captured in the waters around Portugal’s Azores islands, has stunned deep-sea biologists.
Read moreFocussing their study on the reefs in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of nine Caribbean countries, a research team from the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries assessed how warmer ocean temperatures affected
Read moreSome fishermen have viewed reserves where no fishing activities are allowed as an hindrance to their livelihood, but a recent study by the Florida Institute of Technology seems to disprove this perception.
Read moreA recent study by the University of Washington has found that the largest and oldest Chinook salmon are for the most part no longer present in the population along the West Coast of the United States.
Read moreWhen salmon spawn, their fertilised eggs are buried in gravel nests where they remain until they hatch. When newly hatched, the baby salmon first feed on the residual yolk stores.
Read moreRecent research has found microplastics in nearly three-quarters of the mesopelagic fish caught in the northwest Atlantic.
Read moreOver the past 125 years, North Pacific seabirds have shifted their prey preferences, consuming more squid and less fish. This trend has become more accentuated since 1950 due to the advent of industrial fishing.
Read moreAfter studying 611 fishes from different sites in Rowley Shoals and Scott Reefs in northwest Australia, scientists discovered that having fewer sharks around caused the fishes in the vicinity to develop smaller eyes and tails.
Read moreThe entire Indo-Pacific region abounds in unique and beautiful varieties of vertebrate marine life. Scuba divers from all over the world are drawn to the Indo-Pacific by the excitement and diversity found beneath the surface of the ocean.
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