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Surprising Killer of Southeastern Salt Marshes: Common Sea Snails
Periwinkles, the spiral-shelled snails commonly found along rocky U.S. shorelines, play a primary role in the unprecedented disappearance of salt marsh in the southeastern states, according to new research published in Science. view more (2005-12-16)
Unheard of life history for a vertebrate
There is a newly discovered life history among the 28,300 species of known tetrapods, or four-legged animals with backbones. view more (2008-07-01)
Male Dinosaurs May Have Been Babysitters
Those ferocious Hollywood meat-eating dinosaurs you're used to seeing in the movies very possibly had a much softer side: the males might even have been sort of prehistoric babysitters, according to a far-flung study conducted by a Texas A&M University researcher. view more (2008-12-19)
Relocation of endangered Chinese turtle may save species
There are only four specimens of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle left on Earth-one in the wild and three in captivity. view more (2008-05-22)
Saving endangered whales at no cost
By comparing the productivity of lobster fishing operations in American and Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine, researchers have identified ways in which cost-saving alterations in fishing strategies can substantially reduce fishing-gear entanglements of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. view more (2007-01-09)
UBC researcher solves century-old enigma of prehistoric marine mass grave
Good old-fashioned detective work has turned up the first conclusive explanation for the origin of a massive bonebed in southern California, according to a new study led by a UBC paleontologist. view more (2009-06-09)
Giant marine reptiles from Sweden
At the end of the Cretaceous, when large-sized theropods, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, roamed terrestrial environments, shallow seas and oceans were invaded by giant marine monitors - the mosasaurs. A recent investigation, presented in a new dissertation at Lund University in Sweden, has revealed that the Swedish mosasaur fauna is one of the most... view more... (2004-01-21)
Global task force to save the albatross wins backing of The Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales and record-breaking sailor, Ellen MacArthur, are together to trumpet global efforts to save one of the world's most endangered yet iconic birds. view more (2005-04-26)
Hampshire teachers share excitement of research cruise via Classroom@Sea website
Pupils in schools and colleges across the UK and beyond will be able to share the excitement of discovery and routine of daily life on board a scientific research ship when two teachers from Hampshire join a cruise to explore submarine canyons off Portugal. From 28 May to 12 June 2004 Ian Lewis, Head of Science at Wyvern Technology College,... view more... (2004-05-17)
Free trade can benefit environment
With the help of biologists and in a radical reversal of roles, the environment could exploit free trade. But with the World Trade Organisation`s legitimacy being challenged as never before, this opportunity is at risk. "In the prevailing climate, trade protectionism gets equated with environmental protection, free trade with freedom to plunder",... view more... (2002-05-21)
Global warming will negatively impact tropical species
Global warming is likely to reduce the health of tropical species, scientists from UCLA and the University of Washington report May 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. view more (2008-05-06)
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