Evolution Swashbuckling spiders sailed the high seas Long before the Vikings reached North America, a group of coastal spiders was already sailing around the world using prevailing…
Behavior Biology Book Review deep sea Developmental Biology Ecology Evolution Genetics Physiology Parenthood: The Most Rewarding Experience or The Ultimate Sacrifice? Our human parents make a lot of sacrifices for us! They devote their time and energy, provide for us, invest…
Fisheries You look like your mom: parental effects in Atlantic salmon In honour of our Mother's Day theme week, we'll look at how the environment experienced by parents during reproduction and…
Biology Genetics A cod by any other name would taste as sweet? Seafood is a staple of the American diet, particularly on the coasts. Distributors frequently mislabel seafood, accidentally or fraudulently, because…
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…
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 Ecology Fisheries Sunlight and Sex Determination: how environmental cues help shape sex ratios in larval fish If you are a fish like the California grunion, environmental cues are going to play a role in determining whether…
Biology Human impacts Are whale sharks in trouble? A recent study at the global scale suggests that there are two distinct populations of whale shark (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic…
Biology Chemistry Baby Beluga is at Heightened Risk: Pollutant Accumulation in Arctic Predators Affects Gene Expression Analyzing changes in gene transcription is a way to detect adverse effects in organisms before they are observable on the…