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What's Killing Killer Whales?

Dec. 3, 2020 — Pathology reports on more than 50 killer whales stranded over nearly a decade in the northeast Pacific and Hawaii show that orcas face a variety of mortal threats -- many stemming from human ...

Researchers Discover Life in Deep Ocean Sediments at or Above Water's Boiling Point

Dec. 3, 2020 — Biologists found single-celled organisms living in sediments 1180 meters beneath the ocean at temperatures of 120 degrees ...

Incredible Vision in Ancient Marine Creatures Drove an Evolutionary Arms Race

Dec. 2, 2020 — Ancient deep sea creatures called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race according to new ...

Octogenarian Snapper Found Off Australia Becomes Oldest Tropical Reef Fish by Two Decades

Dec. 1, 2020 — An 81-year-old midnight snapper caught off the coast of Western Australia has taken the title of the oldest tropical reef fish recorded anywhere in ...

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Marine Mammals' Adaptations to Low Oxygen Offer New Perspective on COVID-19

Dec. 3, 2020 — Humans are vulnerable to rapid damage in a wide range of tissues when oxygen levels drop due to the effects on the lungs and cardiovascular system of infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A new ...

Even Razor Clams on Sparsely Populated Olympic Coast Can't Escape Plastics

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers found microplastics in Pacific razor clams on Washington's sparsely populated Olympic Coast -- proof, they say, that even in more remote regions, coastal organisms can't escape plastic ...

The 'Smell' of Coral as an Indicator of Reef Health

Nov. 30, 2020 — A study conducted in the southern Great Barrier Reef reveals the chemical diversity of emissions from healthy corals. The researchers found that across the reef-building coral species studied on ...

Plastic Contaminants Harm Sea Urchins

Nov. 30, 2020 — Plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae, new research ...

Caribbean Coral Reefs Under Siege from Aggressive Algae

Nov. 30, 2020 — Human activity endangers coral health around the world. A new algal threat is taking advantage of coral's already precarious situation in the Caribbean and making it even harder for reef ecosystems ...

Genes Unlock Clues to the Evolution and Survival of the Great Barrier Reef

Nov. 30, 2020 — Innovative molecular techniques explain how corals on the east coast of Australia survived previous tough conditions--enabling the Great Barrier Reef to become the vast reef it is today. Scientists ...

How Dolphins Avoid 'the Bends'

Nov. 25, 2020 — New evidence indicates that dolphins are able to consciously slow down their heart rates when preparing to dive, and can even adjust their heart rates according to the length of their intended dive. ...

Only Dinosaurs Found in Ireland Described for the First Time

Nov. 24, 2020 — The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts. The two fossils are from two different dinosaurs, a four-legged ...

A New Species of Rare Phylum Loricifera Discovered in the Deep-Sea Surrounding Japan

Nov. 25, 2020 — The Loricifera is a microscopic, sediment-dwelling marine invertebrate, with a head covered in over 200 spines and an abdomen with a protective shell ...

Community Conservation Reserves Protect Fish Diversity in Tropical Rivers

Nov. 25, 2020 — Small, community-based reserves in Thailand's Salween River Basin are serving as critical refuges for fish diversity in a region whose subsistence fisheries have suffered from decades of ...