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Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Ace Day Jobs Phillippa Dean is fascinated by fish, all day, every day. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how she became an aquaculturalist.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Small fish sheltering in bleached coral can be pushed out into the open water and into the mouths of predators by bigger fish, a new study has found.
Monday, 26 October 2009
Scientists have discovered that the eyes of an Australian crustacean are highly efficient at detecting polarised light.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The damage caused by marine rubbish and debris is costing the Asia-Pacific region more than a billion dollars each year, a new report has found.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Ace Day Jobs David Collins loves discovering and documenting new species of marine animals. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how he became a taxonomist.
Monday, 17 August 2009
The iridescent beauty of pearl and nacre, the material found inside the shells of some molluscs, appears to be due to two recently discovered proteins, say Japanese researchers.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The high rate of extinction in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands is set to get worse unless urgent action is taken to protect biodiversity in the area, warn scientists.
Monday, 27 July 2009
Popular crustaceans like lobster, crabs and prawns owe their success to a unique colour control system, according to a new genetic study.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Nearly 30% of global seagrass beds have been lost since records began, and the rate of loss is accelerating, according to a new study.
Monday, 8 June 2009
Giant jelly fish are taking over parts of the world's oceans due to overfishing and other human activities, say researchers.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Europeans started over-exploiting freshwater fish at least 1000 years ago, according to historical studies that could help manage depleted modern fish stocks worldwide.
Friday, 8 May 2009
The discovery of giant trilobites in northern Portugal reveals the once ubiquitous marine creature mated en masse and used its numbers for protection, say European researchers.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
An epizootic - the wildlife equivalent of a human epidemic - of black band disease has appeared in the Great Barrier Reef, say Australian researchers.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Seahorses evolved their upright posture some 25 million years ago, along with an expansion of vertical seagrass habitat, Australian researchers have found.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
The largest species of cuttlefish in the world is at risk from a huge desalination plant being proposed in South Australia, say researchers.