Biology

Mystery Solved: Insight into the Eel Migration

Article: Béguer-Pon, M., M. Casonguay, S. Shan, J. Benchetrit, and J.J. Dodson. 2015. Direct observations of American eels migrating across…

Biology Climate Change Sea Ice

A Career in Marine Mammal Acoustics and the Arctic

This week, I interviewed Joshua Jones, a Ph.D. student in biological oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The focus…

Behavior Biology

Feeling fishy about our view of fish feelings

Humans are conscious beings that experience a range of emotions. But do other organisms share this quality, or is it…

Biology Climate Change Developmental Biology Ecology Evolution Physiology

Warming up to climate change

Are you a fish that can’t cope with warming oceans? Don’t hesitate, acclimate! Scientists have found if fish have the…

Biology Human impacts Plastic Pollution

Plankton are eating plastic!

Zooplankton, the tiny animals that make up the base of marine food webs, are ingesting microplastics. Given the widespread abundance…

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 Ecology Fisheries

Some Like it Hot: Ocean Heat Content and Fish Migrations

Can a new way of looking at ocean temperatures help determine where fish like to hang out?

Biology Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Pollution

Cohos in Dirty Water: Salmon and Pollution

Coho salmon are one of the six species of Pacific salmon. They can be found from California to Alaska, but…

Biology Book Review Ecology

Decomposition in the Deep Sea

Whale carcasses that fall to the seafloor provide large amounts of food to deep-sea environments. Though ecologically important, little is…

Biology Ecology Fisheries

Tampering with the food web: what do changes in jellyfish and menhaden populations mean for the ecosystem?

Article: Robinson, K.L., J.J. Ruzicka, F. J., Hernandez, W.M. Graham, M.B. Decker, R.D. Brodeur, and M. Sutor. 2015. Evaluating energy…

Biology Ecology Parasitism

Better Together: Mutualisms contribute to reef fish recruitment

All other things being equal, would you rather live where mutually beneficial relationships are available or where they aren’t? Well,…

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 Human impacts

Making potable water safe for the seafloor

SWRO desalinization is a great way to get potable water. Unfortunately its production results in a high salinity low nutrient…

Biology genomics Glaciers Microbiology Parasitism

It’s a virus’ world: Glaciers host unique viral communities

Scientists have only recently started studying the wealth of biological diversity that is found on top of glaciers. Cryoconite holes…

Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Ecology Ocean Acidification

Diversity and its role in combating the effects of climate change

In the battle against climate change, ecosystems need to get down with diversity.

Biology Ecology Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles

The new fad diet for sea turtles? Plastics

Paper: Wedemeyer, K. R., George, S., James, H. B., Peterson, T. D., Wicksten, M. K. and Plotkin, P. T. (2015). High…

Behavior Biology Book Review Evolution

Colorful adaptations: the use of fluorescence as a lure

When viewed under the right filter, the world can look like one big black light party. A large variety of…

Biology Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Pollution

Wake-up Call: Global Oceans in Big Trouble!

Our global oceans are in a state of crisis. A new report from the WWF paints a bleak picture: human…

Biology

Lobsters may dive deeper as climate changes

The American lobster is an iconic and economically significant species found all along the New England coast. Due to temperature…

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How a whole reef community’s response to OA is impacted by the individual responses of different players

Researchers from California used a unique ex situ experiment to monitor two near identical reef communities in different concentrations of…