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Tag: Metabolism

It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?
Climate Change

It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?

Australian estuaries are warming up because of climate change and this might be making its fish bigger.
May 26, 2022 Valeria Contreras
Does coral size matter?
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Coral

Does coral size matter?

Nina Bean is a 2nd year master’s student at the California State University, Northridge in Dr. Peter Edmunds’ Polyp Lab.…
February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Diana Fontaine
There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration
Behavior

There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration

Gray whales undertake one of the longest migrations of any animal, swimming 12,000 miles round-trip between their northern feeding grounds…
February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Julia Zeh
Fat Burning Mode: How one fish survives out of water
Behavior

Fat Burning Mode: How one fish survives out of water

Water and air are very different environments. How can a fish with a body built for the water spend time…
June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Francesca Giammona
The Slow Burn: Slower Metabolisms May Help Mollusks Avoid Extinction
Evolution

The Slow Burn: Slower Metabolisms May Help Mollusks Avoid Extinction

By looking at fossils found in the Western Atlantic, Dr. Luke Strotz and a team of scientists at the University…
October 5, 2018October 9, 2018 Kristin Huizenga
The elephant in the oxygen minimum zone
Ecology

The elephant in the oxygen minimum zone

When people think of the animals that inhabit the deep sea, they think of the fascinating, alien-like creatures like the…
August 4, 2017 Erin McLean
Biology

With a little help from my friends: sea turtles hatch together to save energy

Sea turtle hatchlings face long odds when they emerge from their buried nests. But at least they don't have to…
July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Brittney G. Borowiec
Ecology

Comparing all the ecosystems ever reveals cool patterns about their structure

Who’d guess that if you took the data from >2000 ecosystem studies and smashed them all together there’d be some…
November 18, 2015November 15, 2015 cael

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