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However, biologists at the University of Tübingen’s Institute of Evolution and Ecology have discovered that some fish can produce their own red light.
Read moreSince the start of the Industrial Era, our oceans have absorbed a third of human-caused CO2 emissions. As a result, the seawater has become more acidic, and this in turn reduces carbonate ions, which are used by shellfish to grow their shells.
Read moreIn addition, the researchers at Aarhus University have also discovered that these mammals – sometimes known as the Danish whale – can control their heart rate to match the length and depth of an intended dive.
Read moreAccording to geochemist Dan Repeta from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the answer may lie in how bacteria break down dissolved organic matter, a cocktail of substances excreted into seawater by living organisms.
Read moreKenneth Poss, James B Duke professor of cell biology at Duke University, said that the connection can be formed in as fast as two months.
Read moreThis is because the harmful microplastics emit a chemical that is irresistible to seabirds as it’s the same as a compound that signals to them that prey is nearby.
Read moreIn a paper published recently in the online Biology Letters journal, WHOI biologist Aran Mooney described approaching humpback whales off the coast of Maui, Hawaii.
Read moreWell, not exactly “songs”, in the way we would normally interpret the word.
Read moreUsing advanced diving technology to survey coral reefs at depths up to 300 feet, scientists could observe rarely seen ecosystems, during the expedition that took place aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai within Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Mon
Read moreThe size of a fingernail, the bone was found at the site of a lake or pond during the Late Triassic period. This was a period that fish were thought to be extinct in North America.
Read moreThis was the conclusion by two scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, after computing the caloric energy derived from the terrestrial food sources and incorporating this with their research.
Read moreThe specimens in question were not recognised in the field, but were extracted from bulk samples in the laboratory during sorting.
Read moreAnalysis of the samples taken from subglacial Lake Whillans, the researchers indicate, show that the water contains a diverse microbial community, many members of which can mine rocks for energy and use carbon dioxide as their source of carbon.
Read moreScientists have discovered a vast iron plume more than 600 miles long billowing from hydrothermal vents beneath the South Atlantic Ocean.
Read moreImagine swimming through a 50,000-year-old primeval forest. That's what happened to Ben Raines off the coast of Alabama. After hearing tales of a spot replete with fish and wildlife, Raines dove in and discovered masses of ancient bald cypress trees 60 feet below the surface. He says the stumps are as big as trucks and that the trees are so well-preserved that they still smell like fresh cypress sap when they're cut. The 0.5-square-mile forest was probably preserved in an oxygen-free environment under ocean sediment until Hurricane Katrina rolled in and uncovered it in 2005.
Read moreAccording to reports posted on BBC Nature, Professor David Siviter discovered the acient fossils that show the shrimps' shells, eyes and limbs.
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