Tag Archives: Fish and Other Marine Life

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 5, 2023
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The Missing 24-Limbed Animals That Could Help Rescue the Ocean’s Forest

Scientists say that reintroducing the fast-moving predators to the West Coast could help control the spread of sea urchins that are devouring kelp.

#california, #conservation-of-resources, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #oregon, #pacific-ocean, #proceedings-of-the-royal-society-b-journal, #research, #san-juan-islands-wash, #seaweed, #starfish, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 3:59 am on March 5, 2023
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Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life

The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining of seabeds.

#biodiversity, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #international-relations, #oceans-and-seas, #treaties, #united-nations

The New York Times 8:00 am on February 21, 2023
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Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk

Wild animals eat the strangest things. That can be a problem, for them and for us.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #bears, #birds, #cocaine-and-crack-cocaine, #cocaine-bear-movie, #drug-abuse-and-traffic, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #marijuana, #skunks, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 16, 2023
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Horseshoe Crabs Are in Trouble. How Much Longer Can We Rely on Their Blood to Test Our Drugs?

An alternative test is urgently needed to protect horseshoe crabs and the birds that depend on their eggs.

#animals, #beaches, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #birds, #crabs, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #stents-medical-devices, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching

The New York Times 2:14 pm on February 2, 2023
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They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?

Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act.

#caviar, #conservation-of-resources, #delaware, #delaware-river, #delaware-state-university, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fox-dewayne-a, #internal-sub-only, #national-marine-fisheries-service, #north-america, #rivers

The New York Times 10:17 pm on January 16, 2023
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Why This Trilobite Had Neptune’s Trident for a Nose

A new paper suggests an ancient creature’s odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom.

#animal-behavior, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #nose, #paleontology, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 9, 2023
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Global Warming May Make You Miss These Parasites When They’re Gone

Warming temperatures in one part of the world seem to have driven down the parasite population, suggesting another unexpected way that climate change harms ecosystems.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #parasites, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #puget-sound, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:24 pm on December 20, 2022
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What’s In (and Not In) the $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill

A big boost for the military, more aid for Ukraine, a preference for the lobster industry over whales and an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act are among the provisions in the 4,155-page bill lawmakers expect to pass this week.

#agriculture-department, #biomedical-advanced-research-and-development-authority, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-department, #elections, #electoral-count-act-1887, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #federal-budget-us, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #house-of-representatives, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #law-and-legislation, #medicaid, #national-labor-relations-board, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #national-park-service, #organized-labor, #pensions-and-retirement-plans, #police, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #senate, #transportation-department-us, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-politics-and-government, #whales-and-whaling

The New York Times 4:00 pm on December 19, 2022
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Something About This Mysterious Fossil Graveyard Was Fishy

For decades, paleontologists have tried to explain what they assumed was a 230-million-year-old scene of mass death.

#animal-behavior, #current-biology-journal, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #nevada, #oceans-and-seas, #paleontology, #research, #wildlife-die-offs, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:59 pm on December 16, 2022
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Berlin Hotel’s Huge Aquarium Bursts, With 1,500 Fish Inside

A 50-foot-high, 264,000-gallon cylindrical tank called AquaDom, housed in a Radisson in the German capital, spectacularly collapsed, spewing waves of water through the building and onto the street.

#accidents-and-safety, #berlin-germany, #buildings-structures, #fish-and-other-marine-life

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 14, 2022
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Those Adorable Endangered Creatures Are Not the Point

We treat conservation as an altruistic pursuit — a special interest championed by a passionate few — but it’s also a selfish cause.

#biodiversity, #cheetahs, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #forests-and-forestry, #rhinoceroses, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity

The New York Times 4:11 pm on November 24, 2022
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Are You Really So Different From the Blue Sea Blob?

A call for empathy for strangeness.

#empathy, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #insects, #oceans-and-seas

The New York Times 4:53 pm on November 19, 2022
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Red Sea Coral Reefs Keep Thriving Despite Global Warming

As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea’s stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient. But pollution, mass tourism and overfishing put them at risk.

#australia, #biology-and-biochemistry, #coral, #egypt, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #great-barrier-reef-australia, #gulf-of-aqaba, #international-relations, #israel, #plastic-bags, #pollution, #red-sea, #reefs, #sharm-el-sheikh-egypt, #travel-and-vacations, #united-nations, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #water

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 9, 2022
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Sea Turtle Sanctuary Has Survived 40 Years. Climate Change May Kill It.

Against long odds and initially strong opposition, a pristine marine preserve in the Philippines has thrived for decades under the care of local fishermen. Warming waters threaten the achievement.

#coastal-areas, #conservation-of-resources, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #marine-biology, #philippines, #reefs, #turtles-and-tortoises

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2022
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How to Scan a Leopard Eel for Cancer

First, get the fish to stay still, all five feet of it.

#anatomy-and-physiology, #cancer, #computerized-axial-tomography-cat-scans, #eels, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #tacoma-wash, #veterinary-medicine, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #zoos

The New York Times 5:24 pm on October 18, 2022
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Not Just a Big Fish, but Perhaps the Biggest Bony Fish Ever

A sunfish found near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean weighed as much as an S.U.V. Scientists say it’s a sign that the sea’s largest creatures can live if we let them.

#azores-islands, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #journal-of-fish-biology, #maritime-accidents-and-safety, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 8:05 pm on October 14, 2022
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Alaska Cancels Snow Crab Season Amid Population Decline

Biologists say the warming of the waters of the Bering Sea in recent years is a possible factor in the decline of snow crabs.

#alaska, #bering-sea, #crabs, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 14, 2022
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When Sarcastic Fringeheads Open Their Mouths, Watch Out

Scientists found that the fish’s unusual broad-mouthed display is reserved only for fighting with other members of its species.

#animal-behavior, #ecology-journal, #evolution-biology, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #mouth, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 4:11 pm on September 30, 2022
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The Secret Lives of Sperm Whales

Deep in waters rarely seen by humans, these “gentle goliaths” are back from near-extinction.

#animal-behavior, #books-and-literature, #dominica, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #oceans-and-seas, #rosenwaks-gaelin, #sperm-whales-the-gentle-goliaths-of-the-ocean-book, #whales-and-whaling

The New York Times 8:47 am on September 21, 2022
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On a Grim Anniversary, 230 Pilot Whales Are Stranded in Tasmania

“At least 95 percent will die, because the ocean’s just so fierce,” said a boat skipper on the scene, where 470 whales were also beached in 2020.

#beaches, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #tasmania-australia, #whales-and-whaling, #wildlife-die-offs

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 20, 2022
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“Historical Ecology” Can Help Us Save Our Oceans, Now

“Historical ecology” can help us save the seas.

#fish-and-other-marine-life, #sustainable-living, #water

The New York Times 7:00 am on September 5, 2022
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Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.

Success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington holds lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West.

#agriculture-and-farming, #area-planning-and-renewal, #colorado, #drought, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #infrastructure-public-works, #levees-and-dams, #reservoirs, #rivers, #states-us, #washington-state, #water, #western-states-us, #yakama-indian-reservation-wash

The New York Times 11:01 pm on August 30, 2022
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Humpback Whales Pass Their Songs Across Oceans

Whales share songs from Australia to Ecuador, scientists have found, suggesting a remarkably fast cultural evolution.

#animal-behavior, #biology-and-biochemistry, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #marine-biology, #whales-and-whaling, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 27, 2022
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Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights

As cephalopods become more important in neuroscience and other fields, scientists and welfare advocates seek to give the smart animals the same protections as mice and monkeys.

#animal-abuse-rights-and-welfare, #animal-behavior, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #octopus, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #research, #science-and-technology, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:58 pm on August 19, 2022
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A Famous Walrus Is Killed, and Norwegians Are Divided

The killing of Freya has polarized Oslo and threatens to blight the image of a country more commonly associated with diplomatic good deeds than mob-like hits.

#animal-behavior, #boats-and-boating, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #invasive-species, #maritime-accidents-and-safety, #norway, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #social-media, #walruses, #water

The New York Times 3:57 pm on August 12, 2022
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A 1,300-Pound Walrus Could Be Killed if She Endangers the Public

Freya has been lounging on boats and eating mussels in Norway, but authorities have started to worry about her presence.

#fish-and-other-marine-life, #norway, #walruses

The New York Times 4:10 am on August 11, 2022
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Tiny Oysters Are a Hopeful Sign in the Hudson River

The River Project is trying to bring back oysters, which thrived in the Hudson at a time when New York was known as “the Big Oyster.”

#bragg-alvin, #fifth-amendment-us-constitution, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #hudson-river-park-trust, #james-letitia, #marine-biology, #new-york-city, #oysters, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #the-river-project, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 5:12 pm on August 10, 2022
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Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus

You might be tempted to say “gesundheit,” but the sea creature’s snot helps feed other marine organisms.

#animal-behavior, #current-biology-journal, #evolution-biology, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:00 pm on August 8, 2022
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McKinney Fire Kills Thousands of Fish

Flash floods last week pushed burned soil, rocks and downed timber into the river, killing off, according to local tribal leaders, thousands of fish.

#california, #deaths-fatalities, #fires-and-firefighters, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #floods, #klamath-national-forest-calif, #klamath-river, #oregon, #water-pollution, #wildfires

The New York Times 8:08 pm on July 28, 2022
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There Are Holes on the Ocean Floor. Scientists Don’t Know Why.

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.

#atlantic-ocean, #azores-islands, #earth, #exploration-and-explorers, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #oceans-and-seas, #science-and-technology

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 16, 2022
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Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?

Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #atlantic-ocean, #birds, #california, #canada, #conservation-of-resources, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #hawaii, #invasive-species, #mice, #noise, #roadkill, #roads-and-traffic, #san-francisco-calif, #snorkeling, #sweden, #travel-and-vacations, #turtles-and-tortoises, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:51 pm on July 7, 2022
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First, the Fish Fell From the Sky. Then They Washed Ashore.

In the past month, dead anchovies have been spotted on the streets of San Francisco. Last week, thousands appeared at the edge of a lagoon about 30 miles north.

#anchovies, #birds, #bolinas-calif, #california, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #marin-county-calif, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #oceans-and-seas, #pelicans, #san-francisco-calif, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #whales-and-whaling, #wildlife-die-offs

The New York Times 4:35 pm on July 7, 2022
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Fin Whales Are Making a Comeback in Antarctic Waters, a Study Finds

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey.

#antarctic-regions, #biodiversity, #conservation-of-resources, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #herr-helena, #research, #scientific-reports-journal, #southern-ocean, #whales-and-whaling

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 20, 2022
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How Animals See Themselves

The most familiar of settings can feel newly unfamiliar through the senses of other creatures.

#animals, #attenborough-david, #birds, #documentary-films-and-programs, #eyes-and-eyesight, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #senses-and-sensation

The New York Times 10:00 am on June 12, 2022
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Subsidized Ocean Fishing Threatens the Sea’s Bounty

With help from their governments, fishing boats are able to range farther, remain at sea longer and catch more fish.

#china, #european-union, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial, #food-and-agriculture-organization-of-the-united-nations, #international-trade-and-world-market, #japan, #oceans-and-seas, #pew-charitable-trusts, #russia, #seafood, #united-states, #united-states-international-relations, #world-trade-organization

The New York Times 10:07 am on June 6, 2022
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Behold the Lionfish, as Transfixing as It Is Destructive

Lionfish, while spectacularly beautiful, are wreaking havoc on Caribbean reef habitats.

#bonaire, #caribbean-area, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-sport, #hunting-and-trapping, #marine-biology, #photography, #reefs, #travel-and-vacations

The New York Times 11:24 pm on May 31, 2022
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The World’s Largest Plant Is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia

The species is called Poseidon’s ribbon weed, and researchers say it has spread to cover an area the size of Cincinnati over the past 4,500 years.

#australia, #cloning, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #flowers-and-plants, #genetics-and-heredity, #grass, #proceedings-of-the-royal-society-b-journal, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 6, 2022
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The Ocean’s Biggest Garbage Pile Is Full of Floating Life

Researchers found that small sea creatures exist in equal number with pieces of plastic in parts of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which could have implications for cleaning up ocean pollution.

#biorxiv, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #ocean-cleanup-foundation, #oceans-and-seas, #pacific-ocean, #plastics, #research, #waste-materials-and-disposal, #water-pollution, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 11:37 pm on May 3, 2022
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‘Mouth Almighty’ Doesn’t Mind When His Cheeks Are Full of Another Fish’s Babies

A study of Australian fish that care for offspring through mouthbrooding shows that things underwater are not always as monogamous as they seem.

#animal-behavior, #australia, #biology-letters-journal, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #northern-territory-australia, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 5:00 pm on April 29, 2022
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Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This?

A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did emerge from the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.

#canada, #evolution-biology, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #nunavut-canada, #paleontology, #shubin-neil-h, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 6:34 pm on April 28, 2022
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In Warming World Oceans Risk Mass Extinctions, Model Shows

A new study finds that if fossil fuel emissions continue apace, the oceans could experience a mass extinction by 2300. There is still time to avoid it.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #oceans-and-seas, #research, #science-journal

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 3, 2022
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In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics

Tiny bits of plastic have infiltrated the deep sea’s main food source and could alter the ocean’s role in one of Earth’s ancient cooling processes, scientists say.

#carbon-capture-and-sequestration, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #microbiology, #monterey-bay-calif, #oceans-and-seas, #plastics, #squid, #water-pollution, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 1, 2022
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Will the Jamaica Bay Restoration Project Save New York From Rising Seas?

A major restoration project aims to protect the Jamaica Bay area — and all of New York — by returning salt marshes and sand dunes to their natural states. But will it be too late for the people of Broad Channel?

#area-planning-and-renewal, #army-corps-of-engineers, #birds, #broad-channel-queens-ny, #coast-erosion, #conservation-of-resources, #environment, #environmental-conservation-department-nys, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #hurricane-sandy-2012, #jamaica-bay-queens-ny, #jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-queens-ny, #parks-and-recreation-department-nyc, #queens-nyc, #regional-plan-assn, #rockaway-peninsula-queens-ny, #sanderson-eric-w, #wetlands

The New York Times 5:37 pm on March 25, 2022
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Trilobite Fossils Suggest Cannibalism Is Older Than Once Thought

The “king” of the trilobites was snacking on whatever it could eat some 514 million years ago in the Cambrian era, even shelled creatures of its own species.

#australia, #cannibalism, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #paleontology, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 28, 2022
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Researchers See ‘Future of an Entire Species’ in Ultrasound Technique

To bring abalone back from the edge of extinction, scientists need to find improved ways of coaxing the snails into reproducing.

#breeding-of-animals, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #frontiers-of-marine-science-aquatic-physiology, #reproduction-biological, #research, #snails, #ultrasonic-imaging-and-sonograms, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 3:00 pm on February 25, 2022
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The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker Is Armed to the Teeth

The diminutive predator is a terrible swimmer but thrives in the intertidal zone thanks to odd evolutionary adaptation.

#alaska, #armor, #bering-sea, #canada, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #teeth-and-dentistry, #washington-state, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 22, 2022
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Peering Into the Brutal, Beautiful World of Tide Pools

In “Life Between the Tides,” Adam Nicolson studies the creatures that exist where the ocean meets the land.

#books-and-literature, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #life-between-the-tides-book, #nicolson-adam

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 19, 2022
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Meet Erica Nelson, a Female, Indigenous Fly Fishing Guide

She hooks tree branches, slips on rocks, and shines a light on the topics nobody talks about in her sport.

#colorado, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-sport, #native-americans, #orvis-inc, #podcasts, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 4:09 pm on February 18, 2022
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Act of ‘Heresy’ Adds Horseshoe Crabs to Arachnid Family Tree

A team of researchers say that rather than occupying their own branch in the history of life on Earth, horseshoe crabs are in the same group as spiders and scorpions.

#evolution-biology, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #genetics-and-heredity, #molecular-biology-and-evolution-journal, #paleontology, #research, #spiders, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 5:27 pm on February 3, 2022
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Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened

Scientists say rocks on the English coast contain clues of the processes that drove the end-Triassic event that killed as much as a quarter of all life on Earth.

#carbon-dioxide, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #geology, #geology-journal, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #oceans-and-seas, #paleontology, #volcanoes, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science