Behavior Book Review
Count On It: Cuttlefish Risk Management
As any gambler will tell you, the higher the financial risk, the larger the potential reward. As it turns out,…
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Aquaculture Book Review Toxicology
Dangerous Toxins Threaten Aquaculture on a Global Scale
Mycotoxins in fish feed threaten the health of fish, consumers, and the aquaculture market. The more we learn and understand…
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What to feed a fish
Stocks of small ocean-caught fish that are used to make fish feed for aquaculture are at risk of overexploitation. New…
Behavior Biology Book Review
Dolphin Dialects: first evidence of spoken language in cetaceans?
We all know dolphins are intelligent creatures that communicate with one another, but a recent study has analyzed dolphin sounds…
Biology Book Review Conservation Fisheries Human impacts
Ancient swimmers: Greenland sharks live for centuries
Using radiocarbon dating, scientists have discovered that the Greenland shark can live longer than any other known vertebrate. How long…
Book Review Geology Paleoceanography
Mediterranean Magnetism shows Ancient Oceanic Crust
Compared to the continents, oceanic crust is relatively young, less than 200 million years. But in a corner of the…
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Measuring Wind is for the Birds!
There are a lot of things animals are better at than humans. What if we could get our animal colleagues…
Book Review Conference Conservation Science Communication
Highlights from the International Marine Conservation Congress, Newfoundland, Canada
At the International Marine Conservation Congress this year, I got a first-timer’s look into the world of marine conservation research…
Book Review Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise
Watermelon snow – Colorful algae speed up the melting of glaciers
Red snow algae can form massive blooms on ice sheets every summer as the snow starts to melt. But their…
Book Review Physical oceanography
A salty ocean makes a happy home (planet)
The first things we learn about the ocean are that it’s big and salty. We know that its bigness is…
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Antarctic krill, stuck with rocks in a hard place
Krill have been washing up on the coast of an Antarctic island with pebbles stuck in their digestive tracts. As…
Behavior Biology Book Review Developmental Biology Ecology
Do You Have Your Exit Buddy?
It’s a tough ocean out there for a larval fish—sticking together can be the best thing to do. But until…
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Developmental Biology Evolution
Killer whale pods: hunting dynamics
Killer whale pods spend almost all of their time together, with the exception of when they hunt. Why are they…
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Climate Change Developmental Biology Genetics
Cool Fact! Octopuses spawn with ease when temperatures are lower
Octopuses in the YP may experience temperature changes that do not bode well for reproduction. At what point will the…
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation
Sea Lions and goose chases – a day at the Marine Mammal Center
I spent a morning learning about the Marine Mammal Center at Moss Landing in California, helped with the intake of…
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Hazards Human impacts Methodology Modeling Plastic Pollution Remote Sensing technology
To I.D. Debris: LIDAR as a tool to identify trash on the beach
Scientists may have a new option for figuring out how much debris litters our beaches and what it all is!…
Book Review Science Communication Survey
July Theme Week Survey
We'd love to know what you want to read about for a whole week during the month of July! Take…
Book Review Invasive Species
Wave the Yellow Flag
While the blue flag iris is native to United States wetlands, the yellow variety is invasive and just starting to…
Biology Book Review Physiology
Honey, we shrunk the seafood
Atlantic surfclams have gotten smaller over the last thirty years. This modeling study explores how temperature and how we fish…
Biological oceanography Book Review Climate Change Harmful Algal Bloom Human impacts Invasive Species
Aliens attack: Predicting the spread of marine invasive species
Species invasions have become serious issues in the marine environment, mostly as a result of increased ship traffic. Once a…