Emerging Ocean Listening Network Will Study Seas Uniquely Quieted by Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic left the oceans quieter than ever in 2020, allowing scientists to analyze the effect human-generated sound has on marine life.
Read moreThe Covid-19 pandemic left the oceans quieter than ever in 2020, allowing scientists to analyze the effect human-generated sound has on marine life.
Read moreFederal investigators are stepping in to help figure out why an average of seven Florida manatees are dying each day.
Read moreIn octopuses two sleep states, color changes pulse across their skin, signaling the possibility that the most intelligent of the cephalopods may even dream.
Read moreIn jade waters off Hong Kong’s eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city’s fragile coral reefs.
Read moreAn unusual, fossilized shark specimen found in northern Mexico shares characteristics with the manta rays it predates by 30 million years.
Read moreIn attempting to wipe out an empire of destructive crabs, scientists discovered that sometimes the empire strikes back.
Read moreAn examination of the life cycle of the ancient, eel-like lamprey shows the evolutionary path of hatchlings diverged considerably from the modern adult vertebrates.
Read moreSea otters in Monterey Bay are protecting the threatened kelp forests from the outbreak of purple sea urchins, but they’re going to need backup.
Read moreTalk about the wonders of nature.
Read moreScientists warn that swift action is needed to revive the kelp forests that have faced destruction by extreme weather events and a hungry sea urchin population.
Read moreState and federal scientists have pushed to protect endangered West Coast orca. But a plan to dredge the Seattle Harbor would accelerate all three of the reasons the whales are struggling, advocates say.
Read moreIn general, when a creature has more cells in its body, they are expected to be more vulnerable to random mutations that can develop into cancer. Not true for cetacean creatures.
Read moreEnvironmental groups want the federal government to update the population data for nine subgroups of marine mammals, data used to
Read moreResearchers found the 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico spewed petroleum that significantly damaged dolphins’ immune systems.
Read moreStrange things can be found when one drills through nearly 3,000 feet of Antarctic ice.
Read moreUnderwater divers in plastic-choked waters off the coast of Thailand snip through discarded nets tangled around a reef — a new initiative helping protect marine life and aiding the fight against coronavirus.
Read moreThe remote Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, the only sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico’s diverse waters, has tripled in size under a final rule signed Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read moreConservationists say nets meant for sharks wind up trapping any large animal that swims too close to shore, making no distinction between sharks, dolphins, dugongs, sea turtles and whales.
Read moreFederal and state wildlife officials in Florida continued their search Tuesday for those responsible for etching “Trump” on the back of a living manatee.
Read moreFlorida officials voted Wednesday to shut down oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay, a major source of the nation’s supply, due to a diminished population caused by low freshwater flows.
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