Heat and UV radiation can kill COVID-19 viral particles on beaches, so taking a trip to the beach is a relatively safe, low-risk outdoor activity.
Heat and UV radiation can kill COVID-19 viral particles on beaches, so taking a trip to the beach is a relatively safe, low-risk outdoor activity.
A team of scientists from Japan have investigated the decreasing salinity of the Sea of Japan. Let’s see what they found!
New research finds that cuttlefish display human-like intelligence characteristics. Something called delayed gratification, like avoiding that box of cookies while you wait to cook dinner. These squid relatives may be smarter than they look!
Sea cucumber has been having a bit of a culinary moment in China. Chinese demand for this sea critter is high, and coastal communities around the world are harvesting and exporting their stock fast to keep up. Tapping into international markets can mean a windfall for coastal communities— but a recent study argues that you […]
There are many stories of species close to extinction. Sometimes, species can go locally extinct, disappearing from a particular area. Once this happens, is it possible for species to return to that area? What can humans do to help these species come back? A success story from the Galapagos shark may hold some answers.
Pretty much any plastic product is made from plastic pellets. However, billions of pellets have now made their way into the ocean. Read on to learn more about how these pellets absorb toxic metals in seawater, then get eaten by fish and birds, threatening the marine ecosystem.
Is it possible to learn about how whales behaved 200 years ago? A combination of whaling logbooks and mathematical models are shedding light on how sperm whale behavior changed on a large scale in response to whaling.
A team of scientists just discovered an enormous new source of hydrocarbons to the ocean: cyanobacteria. But what does their hydrocarbon production (and its immediate consumption by other microbes) mean for cleanup after oil spills?
Scientists reveal how to curb waste AND make construction more sustainable.
Sleep is critical to a healthy lifestyle for humans and other animals. New research shows that even octopuses cycle through similar snoozing schedules, highlighting the deep evolutionary lineage and extreme importance of sleep within the animal kingdom.
This is a guest post by Kelly Wong. Kelly is a current Master’s student at California Sate University, Northridge in Dr. Peter Edmunds’ Polyp Lab. Her research focuses on the role of dead coral rubble in modulating coral populations and reef community dynamics.
Every day, our body performs a plethora of activities. We breathe, exercise, eat food, think, and socialize. Behind all of these processes is a legion of very small molecular machines at work. These little machines, called proteins, can be greatly affected by the health of their environment. How do they change in response to pollution?
Below a flashlight fish’s eyes is an organ that provides the ideal conditions for a special partnership. Bioluminescent bacteria live inside these organs. Here bacteria find the necessary nutrients to grow and reproduce. Flashlight fish cannot control how much light is created by these bacteria. However, it does have special flaps that block the bioluminescent […]
In the mammal world, males tend to not like each other very much. Male-only social groups are rare. The few species who do have boys’ clubs, like chimps, cheetahs, and lions, form them from their relatives and only because they need to protect a shared territory or access to females. This doesn’t seem to […]
We know who’s the king of the jungle, but who’s the king of the reef? Lionfish may look cool, but they are actually invasive in the Atlantic and the adults have no natural predators. This new paper explains how understanding the early life stages of lionfish may help control their population in the Western Atlantic […]
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Water: it’s the substance we all have in common with each other, and with the oceans. This is my last post for Oceanbites and it is a reflection of the lessons learned over the past four years of being part of this inclusive, welcoming community. While my experiences are very much inland, lessons from the
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