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What can manta ray movements teach us about establishing protected areas?
Conservation

What can manta ray movements teach us about establishing protected areas?

A research team investigates how tracking manta ray movement can improve the conservation of the vulnerable species.
October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 Melinda Edie
Porpoise Echo Chamber: When Fake Clicks Change Real Behavior
Behavior Coastal Management Conservation

Porpoise Echo Chamber: When Fake Clicks Change Real Behavior

Technology can be a massive help in conservation, but sometimes have some unexpected consequences...
October 8, 2025October 6, 2025 Claire Lacey
Avian Vomitomics
Ecology

Avian Vomitomics

Scientists use seabird vomit to assess small fish populations.
October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 Braden Furness
How to Protect Corals as Tested During the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event
Climate Change Conservation

How to Protect Corals as Tested During the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event

Relocating corals to lower depths offers hope of survival through bleaching events.
September 30, 2025September 23, 2025 Kendra Devereux
Melting May Not be the Fastest Way to Lose Ice
Climate Change

Melting May Not be the Fastest Way to Lose Ice

Big waves add stress to ice shelves leading to large ice loss events in Antarctica.
September 26, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
How do offshore wind farms impact marine invertebrate communities?
Ecology

How do offshore wind farms impact marine invertebrate communities?

Offshore wind farms are producers of clean, green energy. But how do they impact surrounding benthic communities?
September 24, 2025 Melinda Edie
Built for bubble netting: how humpback whale body shape helps them hunt
Biology Physiology

Built for bubble netting: how humpback whale body shape helps them hunt

Ever wondered what the reason why humpback whales may have such very long fins? This new study may have the…
September 8, 2025September 7, 2025 Claire Lacey
Not All Blooms Are Bad: Cyanobacteria and Young Fish in the Baltic
Ecology

Not All Blooms Are Bad: Cyanobacteria and Young Fish in the Baltic

Nitrogen traced from algae to fish reveal an interesting ecological win.
September 4, 2025September 5, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Uncovering Sharks and Rays of Frégate Island
Biodiversity

Uncovering Sharks and Rays of Frégate Island

New research catalogs the elasmobranchs of Frégate Island, Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean.
September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Braden Furness
Volcanic Seesaw Recorded by Ancient Corals
Geology

Volcanic Seesaw Recorded by Ancient Corals

Even volcanoes like the playground!
August 28, 2025November 24, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
The Unlikely Friendship between Octopus and Fish
Ecology

The Unlikely Friendship between Octopus and Fish

Fish are friends...with octopus who help them feed.
August 26, 2025 Melinda Edie
Seal Song in the Southern Ocean
Ecology Natural History

Seal Song in the Southern Ocean

Finding a mate in the open ocean can be difficult - are male leopard seals singing to get round this…
August 8, 2025August 7, 2025 Claire Lacey
Seaweed, the slimy savior of the sea
Ecology

Seaweed, the slimy savior of the sea

Algae versus algae: meet the green team fighting toxic blooms.
August 6, 2025August 13, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Missing Adult Salmon Found
Ecology

Missing Adult Salmon Found

Environmental DNA is used to investigate Pacific salmon distribution in the Gulf of Alaska.
August 4, 2025August 3, 2025 Braden Furness
Can New Technology Reduce Interactions Between Sharks and Humans?
Coastal Management

Can New Technology Reduce Interactions Between Sharks and Humans?

Scientists are exploring new technologies that could protect humans from sharks, and vice versa, at popular swimming beaches in Australia.
July 31, 2025August 3, 2025 Melinda Edie
Seeing Magma Under the Seafloor
Geology

Seeing Magma Under the Seafloor

Scientists send vibrations through the Earth to see magma beneath an underwater volcano.
July 31, 2025July 30, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
The patchy quilt of the deep-sea: polymetallic nodule fields
Conservation deep sea Ecology

The patchy quilt of the deep-sea: polymetallic nodule fields

Deep-sea diversity is shaped not only by the animals, but also by the diverse habitats that are homes to distinct…
July 11, 2025July 9, 2025 Gabrielle Ellis
A Story of Fishers and Dolphins in Southern Brazil
Conservation

A Story of Fishers and Dolphins in Southern Brazil

The incredible tale of humans and wild dolphins working together
July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 Claire Lacey
Secret Sharks in a Chilean Fjord
Ecology

Secret Sharks in a Chilean Fjord

A first of its kind elasmobranch inventory was conducted in the Comau Fjord, Chile.
July 1, 2025 Braden Furness
Anglerfish, Frogfish, Batfish (and more), Oh My!
Genetics

Anglerfish, Frogfish, Batfish (and more), Oh My!

Frogfish, anglerfish, batfish, and their cousins!.. Or... Siblings..?!
June 26, 2025August 13, 2025 Jasper Meagher

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