As the oceans heat up, sharks are leaving their coral reef habitats, putting both sharks and entire ecosystems at risk, scientists have found. In a new study, published in the journal Communications Biology, scientists used satellites and underwater acoustic receivers to monitor more than 120 grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) in coral reefs of the […]
Local officials have closed the area around Monterey, California’s San Carlos Beach to people following the takeover of hundreds of sea lions. Caution tape was placed along the beach, but crowds continued to gather and take photos of the sea lions resting and frolicking, reported Reuters. The social and playful marine mammals frequently gather on […]
The U.S. National Park Foundation has received a $100 million grant, the largest in the foundation’s history, from Lilly Endowment Inc., a private philanthropic foundation. The grant is also the largest ever to benefit national parks, according to the National Park Foundation. As The Associated Press reported, the grant funding will go toward the more […]
Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium witnessed a beautiful expression of emotion as Magic and the other gentoo penguins in his colony sang, mourning the loss of his partner Sphen. Their same-sex love story, during which they shared the duties of raising their adopted young, made the couple famous around the world. Sphen, who was almost 12, […]
After a devastating and hot 2023 summer, the Florida Keys coral restoration community made sure to be prepped for this year’s heat. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) is home to the largest coral barrier reef in the continental United States. In recent years, however, the Florida Reef Tract has suffered a “death of […]
At the urging of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and other green groups, a United States federal judge has thrown out a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) assessment governing how threatened and endangered marine species like whales and sea turtles ought to be protected from oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Sounds, body language and facial expressions are used to communicate emotions by mammals like pigs, dogs and mice. A new study by a team of French researchers has found that chickens are highly expressive animals with a lot to say. The researchers found that hens blush and fluff the feathers on their heads to express […]
Quick Key Facts What Is Aquaculture? When you think of agriculture, the first images that come to mind might include big red barns full of hay, a flock of fuzzy sheep or an orchard of apple trees. But agriculture isn’t just all the flora, fauna and equipment that puts land-based food to our plates. It […]
If you’ve ever wondered what healthy soil sounds like, a new study has found that it emits the clicks, crackles and pops of worms and ants moving around underground. Barely audible to humans, the cacophony of sounds is “a bit like an underground rave concert of bubbles and clicks,” a press release from Australia’s Flinders […]
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