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Tracking Whale Journeys After Death

A new study explores sustainable methods of handling whale strandings on the East Australian Coastline, focusing on offshore disposal. The…

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Scientists Identify Secret Nitrogen Fixers

The Rhizobial nitrogen fixing symbionts (fluorescently-labeled in orange and green using genetic probes) residing inside diatoms collected from the tropical…

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New Study Reveals That Ammonoids Thrived Until Their Sudden Extinction

A new study challenges the view that ammonoids were declining before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that…

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Mysterious Origin of the Ribbontail Ray’s Electric Blue Spots Revealed

Bluespotted ribbontail ray. A study on bluespotted ribbontail rays revealed how their skin’s nanostructures create vivid blue colors, useful in…

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Scientists Shed New Light on Ancient Apocalypse That Affected the Entire Planet

A quarry illustrating bands of stratified limestone from the ancient seafloor in what is now Mercato San Severino in Italy.…

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Ancient Extinction Holds Clues to Today’s Climate Crisis

Researchers found clues in Italian limestone about a Jurassic-era marine extinction caused by volcanic CO2 emissions, paralleling today’s climate change…

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Scientists Discover “Invisible” Fish Parasite Hidden in Fish Across the Globe

By University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science June 28, 2024 Red-lipped Blenny, a tropical marine…

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New Data Challenges Decades-Old Science

A special high-speed winch that the researchers used to swiftly raise and lower instruments to track the dye’s movements underwater.…

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Oldest Sea Reptile Fossil in the Southern Hemisphere Discovered in New Zealand

Reconstruction of the oldest sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere. Nothosaurs swimming along the ancient southern polar coast of what…

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550 Million-Year-Old “Lost Years” Fossil Challenges Current Evolutionary Theories

Scientists have discovered an ancient sponge species, Helicolocellus, in China, dating back 550 million years, offering new insights into sponge…

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