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!
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…