Behavior Neurobiology Toxicology
The effects of social history on alcohol tolerance in crayfish
Lonely crawdad’s can really handle their liquor according to this study.
Author: Abrahim El Gamal
Abrahim is a PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego where he studies marine chemical biology.
Behavior Biology Genetics
Brains only for you
Brain size might dictate the laws of attraction in guppies.
Biodiversity Biological oceanography Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Physical oceanography
‘The conservationist is ready to see you’: triaging marine ecosystems in times of climate change
Climate change affects ecosystems worldwide, but how do conservationists decide which of planet earth's ecosystems are most in need?
Behavior Biology Book Review Conservation Ecology Evolution
Like a champion Casanova in the sky
After migrating thousands of miles from their southern wintering grounds, males of a certain species of shorebird log thousands more…
Biology Conservation Ecology Evolution Genetics genomics
Ain’t no killing the killifish (for now): on the virtues of genetic diversity
Atlantic killifish are spared extinction in the face of pollution thanks to their remarkable genetic diversity.
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Conservation Microbiology Sea Ice
A mercurial tug o’ war in Antarctic sea ice
DNA from bacteria living in Antarctic sea ice provides a clue to the mysterious origins of methyl mercury in seawater…
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology
The long and winding Eel migration
A glimpse of the thousands' mile migration of the European eel shows it's anything but straightforward.
Climate Change Coral Ecology Evolution Microbiology Natural History
Speed dating: how finding that special symbiosis saved some coral from climate change
Choosing the right symbiont might be a coral's ticket to cheating global warming.
Climate Change Ecology
A bad kelp review: trouble in times of warming
Kelp forests are all but disappearing due to record ocean temperatures leading to a fogging of boundaries between traditional ecosystems.
genomics
Unhappy as a clam: contagious cancer is widespread in bivalves
Cancer is not normally thought of as an infectious disease, but researchers have discovered transmissible cancers in mussels and clams…
Biogeochemistry Microbiology Microbiome
Of whales and cows: the baleen whale microbiome revealed
Scientists sequenced the microbiomes of several baleen whales that are strict carnivores and found some startling similarities to the microbiomes…
Biogeochemistry geochemistry Microbiology
One to tango: a bacterium that does the work of two in the nitrogen cycle
Scientists report bacterial species capable of performing the two-step process of nitrification, traditionally thought to exist only as a division…
Ecology Evolution Human impacts Invasive Species
Death by evolution: how a hapless adaptation aided in the untimely demise of a Lake Victorian fish
Scientists have demonstrated that a human-induced extinction of a tropical lake fish was unwittingly assisted by a millions year old…
Climate Change Ecology
More bad news for marine ecosystems (courtesy carbon dioxide)
Carbon dioxide emissions are bad for marine ecosystems, and maybe even worse than we think.
Climate Change Physical oceanography
Oceanbites Mingles With ArcticMix (Part 2)
This is part two of three in a series on the recent ArcticMix expedition lead by Scripps Institution of Oceanography…
Atmosphere science Biological oceanography Physical oceanography
Ice ice diatom: how microscopic algae govern ice formation in the clouds
Scientists think that particles exuded by single-cell plankton ejected into the atmosphere by sea-spray affect ice formation in clouds, and…
Evolution genomics Natural History
Philosopher cephalopod: the octopus genome reveals the origin of its intellect
The octopus genome sheds light on the strange intelligence of a mysterious creature.
Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology
The benefits of warmer parents, and who’s your mama … when you’re a coral
Why some coral can take the heat better than others is in their DNA.
Microbiology
Prokaryotes are prokaryotes: a sneak peak at the microbial oceans courtesy DNA
Scientists have sequenced the microbial diversity of the world's oceans unlocking the secrets of the microbes that run our planet.
Evolution Microbiology Natural History
From 591 leagues under the sea to eukaryote and me: introducing the closest known relative to our cells
Scientists think they've found an ancient link to the eukaryotic cell from the deep down in the ocean, and it's…