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Why do restaurants join sustainable seafood labelling programs?

Why do some restaurants join sustainable seafood eco-labeling programs? A new study identifies some motivating factors that can help the…

Book Review

Rachel Carson had the right idea: DDT persists in unexpected ways in dolphins

Rachel Carson was right to focus her novel on the effects of DDT; DDT persists to this day in dolphins…

Biology

Germ Stowaways: How Plastic Waste Has Become an Environment for Harmful Bacteria

For over 100 years, plastic has been integrated into our everyday lives. It has been used to make life better…

Book Review

Bon Voyage to Oceanbites

Oceanbites has been an incredible experience. Today is my goodbye post and my thank you to the readers and Oceanbites…

Book Review

The Antarctic Peninsula is cooling… for now

Temperature records from the Antarctic Peninsula show that the region has been cooling since the end of the 20th century.…

En Espanol

La larga y peligrosa migración de las Anguilas Europeas

Translated by Sandra Schleier Original Post by ABRAHIM EL GAMAL Artículo: David Righton, Håkan Westerberg,2 Eric Feunteun, Finn Økland, Patrick…

Ecology Human impacts Noise Survey

Oil rigs, the food trucks of the sea?

We humans don't always take time to assess how we impact other environments; more often we survey before we enter…

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.

Sea-level Rise

Tide records could have underestimated global sea level rise

New analysis of 100 years of sea level measurements from tide gauges show that we might be underestimating the global…

Behavior Biology Climate Change Physiology

Seahorses Don’t Like It Hot

Scientists have been doing a lot of work recently trying to figure out how species are going to react to…

Biology Conservation Human impacts

Big animals face big trouble in our oceans

Many believe we are in the midst of another mass extinction both on land and in the ocean. What marine…

Book Review Climate Change Cyclones

A Cluster of Typhoons: Intensification over the last three decades

Tropical Cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean have been intensifying in recent decades, but different data sets and methodologies made…

Conservation

Do algal blooms kill whales?

Since 2005, southern right whale calves have been found dead in historic numbers off the Patagonian coast in Argentina. Scientists…

Biogeochemistry Book Review Coastal Management Human Health Human impacts Pollution

From Wastewater to Seahorses to the Medicine Cabinet

Pollution of metals could be getting into the tissue of seahorses--the very tissues that are used to make a special…

En Espanol

La Manta en el espejo: ¿Son conscientes, las Mantarrayas?

Translated by Sandra Schleier, Original Post By ASHLEY MARRANZINO El Artículo: Ari, C., & Agostino, D. P. D. (2016). Contingency…

Chemistry

Beyond CO2: Chemical Consequences of Our Love Affair with Fossil Fuels

Our world relies heavily on the burning of biological materials such as wood or fossil fuels to harness energy. While…

Book Review

Finding Nemo was right: what you flush down the drain can impact ocean creatures

Microplastics + pharmaceuticals in your pee + increased temperatures = trouble for some fish

Behavior Biology

The Manta in the Mirror: Are Manta Rays Self-Aware?

Fish are not typically thought of as the most intelligent animals. Yet, new research on manta rays may revolutionize the…

Behavior Book Review Coral Ecology Evolution Parasitism Seagrass

Grunts and Gnathiids: One Fish’s Daily Migration to Escape Parasites?

Animals move for a number of reasons. The French grunt leaves the coral reefs at night for seagrass. A group…

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,…