Biology Genetics Stressed-Out Oysters: Molecular Coping Mechanisms for Anxiety Oysters live a life of constant stress in the ever-changing intertidal habitat. In order to deal with extreme variation in…
Biology Genetics Healthy Obesity: Whales and Dolphins Benefit from their Blubber Scientists study the genetic underpinnings of blubber formation in whales and dolphins, highlighting genes that may play a key role…
Biology Book Review Evolution Genetics Seeing with skin: the secret to octopus camouflage Capable of blending into the environment in a matter of seconds, the octopus in no normal sea creature. But just…
Biochemistry Biology Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries Genetics Protecting Hometown Herring River herring are anadromous fish, which means they live most of their life in the ocean but spawn in freshwater…
Conservation Genetics Human impacts Long live the seagrass! The relationship between human disturbance and genetic diversity The Mediterranean seagrass plays very important ecological functions but human disturbances are thought to be one of the main causes…
Biology Genetics Clams Catch Contagious Cancer Clams along the northeastern coast of North America are suffering from a form of cancer that researchers have recently discovered…
Climate Change Coral Genetics A new thermally tolerant species of algae is found! Rising ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs, but a new thermal tolerant algae could help.
Evolution Genetics Ocean Acidification Like father, like son? Is survival under ocean acidification heritable? Can marine life adapt to ocean acidification? Well, first we need to understand if these favourable characteristics (survival under elevated…
Biology Coral Genetics Is a coral’s color all for show? Two of the exact same corals, sitting right next to each other, often appear to be different based on their…
Fisheries Genetics Are bigger moms better moms? We know that larger female fish produce more eggs, but does this really mean they produce more young that grow…
Biology Ecology Genetics Puncture wounds hold the key to new marine forensic technique Identifying the culprits responsible for injury is a very useful thing, but tricky in the ocean, where saltwater cleans wounds…
Climate Change Fisheries Genetics Human impacts Same species, different genes: temperature tolerance and body size in the genes of the Chinook salmon To understand how species may cope with climate change we must look into their genes. Do individuals have different levels…