(SCIENCE DAILY) – Plastic is famous for its unyielding durability, making it perfect for consumer products but a unique and persistent menace to the natural environment. For the loggerhead sea
(SCIENCE DAILY) – A study finds that ending overfishing would stop the population declines of endangered bycatch species about half the time. Healthier fish stocks. Higher catches. Profits from fishing.
(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) by Jason Bittel – Egg-laying shrimp queens rule over complex colonies—and a new study reveals their intriguing evolution. With 60-mile-per-hour pincers that create noisy shockwaves capable of stunning or killing
(SCIENCE DAILY) – Cornell University scientists are beginning to unravel the complicated connections between viruses, the environment and wasting diseases among sea stars in the waters of the Pacific Northwest. As
(SCIENCE DAILY) – Species living in coastal regions could face a significant future threat from reduced levels of oxygen in the marine environment, according to research published in Scientific Reports. The
(Atlas Obscura) – Florida has crocodiles, but they are American crocodiles. The kind of crocodiles that look a little bit evil and, yeah, you probably don’t want to get too
(BBC) – The world’s primates face an “extinction crisis” with 60% of species now threatened with extinction, according to research. By Victoria Gill A global study, involving more than 30
(TERRA DAILY) – Last spring, researchers made Newly discovered ‘Casper’ octopod at risk from deep-sea minings with the discovery of what was surely a new species of octopod, crawling along
(Mother Nature Network) – A shipping container filled with rubber duckies was lost at sea in 1992, and the bath toys are still washing ashore today. By Bryan Nelson In
(GIZMODO) – An aspiring internet weatherman in eastern Kentucky was recently arrested on second-degree arson charges after authorities say he intentionally started a wildfire, the Associated Press reports. According to
