Behavior Ecology
Why did the octopus punch the fish?
In this study, authors document for the first time, multi-species hunting events with OCTOBOSS as the leader!
Author: Brandy Biggar
I am a 2nd year Master's student at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. I am researching the highly invasive species the European green crab, and the impact extreme weather events has on its population abundance and distribution.
Coastal Management Plastic
The plight of the mangrove
Celine E.J. van Bijsterveldt, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck, Sri Ramadhani, Olivier V. Raven, Fleur E. van Gool, Rudhi Pribadi, Tjeerd…
Book Review
Hands-On Learning
Check out this study testing the ability of octopuses to learn via touch.
Biology Conservation Ecology Sea Turtles
“Breaking Bad” inspired robot tracks sea turtle poachers
Sea turtle populations are declining, in no small part thanks to poachers. Here, the authors use robot-eggs to track poacher…
Book Review
Shipping traffic increases risk of alien invasion
The Research: Sardain, A., Sardain, E. & Leung, B. Global forecasts of shipping traffic and biological invasions to 2050. Nat.…
Biology Ecology
Upside-down jellies fire stinging grenades
Swimmers of Florida waters report incidences of being stung by the water! The authors set out to determine the cause.
Biology Ecology Evolution
Facing the music: calls from one of the worlds most endangered dolphins
The Study: Melo-Santos, G., Figueiredo Rodrigues, A.L., Tardin, R.H., de Sá Maciel, I., Marmontel, M., Da Silva, M.L., May-Collado, L.J.…
Climate Change Plastic Pollution
Is our plastic dependence accelerating climate change?
Reference: Royer, Sarah-Jeanne, Sara Ferrón, Samuel T. Wilson, David M. Karl. “Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in…
Biology Ecology Invasive Species
Increasing resilience, one cannibal at a time
When a species invades a new habitat they must learn to cope with previously unknown environmental stressors. Read on for…
Climate Change Human impacts
The Largest Belt on Earth?
What golden, gooey, and weighs 20 million metric tons??
Behavior Conservation Invasive Species
Robofish To The Rescue!
When mosquitofish were introduced all over the world to control mosquito populations nobody thought they would have such a negative…
Developmental Biology Ecology
Sex Change 101: it Starts in the Brain
With human puberty seemingly beginning earlier and earlier, have you ever wondered what triggered sexual development? Dodd et al., studied…