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Climate Change To Devastate Or Destroy Many Penguin Colonies
Half to three-quarters of
major Antarctic penguin
colonies face decline or
disappearance if global
temperatures are allowed to
climb by more than 2°C. ... > full story
Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
NOAA officials have issued a
regulation that will
implement new measures to
protect endangered North
Atlantic right whales. The
... > full story
'Virgin Birth' By Shark Confirmed: Second Case Ever
Scientists have confirmed
the second-ever case of a
"virgin birth" in a shark,
indicating once again that
female sharks can reproduce
without mating and raising
... > full story
Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs
A report scheduled to be
published this week in the
early edition of the journal
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences suggests
... > full story
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Trouble In The Pipeline For Grey Whales
October 12, 2008 — The fate of the world's few remaining western grey whales now rests on the outcome of appeals to Russian authorities and courts following the refusal of an oil consortium to consider alternatives to ... > full story -
Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity
October 10, 2008 — New research argues in favor of a "sick earth" mechanism for most extinctions, rather than external event like an asteroid ... > full story -
Using Algae To Convert Sunlight Into Biofuel
October 9, 2008 — Scientists want to make micro-algae "less green." That is, they hope to modify the tiny organisms so as to minimize the number of chlorophyll molecules needed to harvest light without ... > full story -
Future Looks Bleak For One Of World’s Smallest Seal Species
October 8, 2008 — One of the smallest seals -- the Caspian -- has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of ... > full story -
Green Fluorescent Protein Pioneers Share 2008 Nobel Prize In Chemistry
October 8, 2008 — The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu Shimomura, of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Boston University Medical School, Martin ... > full story -
Deepest-living Fishes Caught On Camera For First Time
October 8, 2008 — Scientists filming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait, nearly five miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. ... > full story -
Turf Wars: Sand And Corals Don't Mix
October 8, 2008 — When reef fish get a mouthful of sand, coral reefs can drown. "We've known for a while that having a lot of sediment in the water is bad for corals and can smother them. What we didn't realize is how ... > full story -
Fishy Future Written In The Genes
October 7, 2008 — The roadmap to the future of the gorgeously-decorated fish which throng Australia’s coral reefs may well be written in their genes. Of particular importance may be to protect ... > full story -
Discovering Drugs, Biofuels In Tropical Seas
October 7, 2008 — New research aims to aid in the discovery of new molecules and biofuels technology from marine mollusks for development in the ... > full story -
U.S. Navy Sonar Linked To Whale Strandings, Environmental Scientists Argue
October 6, 2008 — With the U.S. Supreme Court due to review a series of lower court rulings that restrict the Navy's use of sonar in submarine detection training exercises off the coast of Southern California, George ... > full story
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