Evolution Natural History Paleontology Physiology On the natural history of sex: which came first, internal or external fertilization? Fish fossils have something surprising to tell us about last night.
Book Review Climate Change Geology Glaciers Remote Sensing Sea-level Rise Glacial crevasses: how deep do they go? What does it mean? The techniques applied here provide a much needed coastal view of the Greenland ice sheets. Work done in previous studies…
Biogeochemistry Biology Climate Change Whale skin samples track changes in ocean biogeochemistry Article: Ruiz-Cooley RI, Koch PL, Fiedler PC, McCarthy MD (2014) Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes from Top Predator Amino Acids Reveal…
Biology Climate Change The results are in: Ecosystems attune to natural temperature changes Understanding both physics and biology is crucial in identifying the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. This meta-analysis on…
Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Can a complex model hold the fate of the crown-of-thorns starfish? Not all starfish are cute! The crown-of-thorns starfish has been eating all the coral on the Great Barrier Reef! Researchers…
Ecology Penguins can rock their bodies without eating high trophic level prey Prey of a higher trophic level does not necessarily translate to a higher body mass in rockhopper penguins. Read more…
Biology Ecology Turtle manure and eelgrass seeds make for an aquatic garden! The accidental ingestion of eelgrass seeds by diamondback terrapins may help disperse eelgrass in Chesapeake Bay, demonstrating a new mutualistic…
Book Reviews Science Communication Deep Blue Reads: Blue Mind, by Wallace J. Nichols Oceanographers, take note: you’re probably happier than the rest of us. That, at least, seems likely given the central thesis…
Biology Ecology The Community Conundrum: using models to challenge classic ecological theory Science is not just about new discoveries and novel research questions; it’s often about challenging the past using new tools,…
Ecology Fisheries Human impacts New housing options in unlikely places: Animals and oil platforms. Real estate in the open ocean is a hot commodity. This research shows how enthusiastically fish and invertebrates take advantage…
Biology Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Economy Fisheries Human impacts Policy Pollution The Great Barrier Reef is worth $15 billion – $20 billion AUS a year: A quick lesson in ecosystem economics When discussing the value of an ecosystem, tensions run high. Some people evaluate ecosystems with heavy emphasis on non-use values,…
Aquaculture Pollution Passive Sampling for Antiparasitics near a Chile Salmon Farm An increase in the number of positive cages and cage-level abundance of sea lice in southern Chile was shown since…
Biology Climate Change Ecology Fatal attraction: Under climate change, fish swimming towards predators, not away from them There are all kinds of ways that climate change can directly affect marine life – habitat loss, changes in the…
Biology Ecology The Antarctic minke whale foraging strategy Filter feeding whales face a body size and feeding strategy trade-off in foraging efficiency. Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute…
Climate Change Human impacts Sea-level Rise On the Verge: Sea Level to Emerge What is natural and what is human induced climate change? A controversial topic indeed, determining when a natural process has…
Book Review Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries One, two, skip which few? Biodiversity doesn’t always mean ecosystem stability Promised benefits from tropical biodiversity may not be as strong as previously thought when it comes to buffering reef ecosystems…