http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare find. http://www.physorg.com/news172134409.html Biology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:00:01 EST news172134409 NOAA-supported scientists, led by Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square miles. However the dead zone, which is usually limited to water just above the sea floor, was severe where it did occur, extending closer to the water surface then in most years. http://www.physorg.com/news167720984.html Space & Earth Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:10:13 EST news167720984 New research published by a Queen`s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it. http://www.physorg.com/news157351170.html Biology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:41:40 EST news157351170 Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs. http://www.physorg.com/news154106494.html Biology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:22:20 EST news154106494 Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest - blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea. http://www.physorg.com/news142776518.html Other Sciences Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:38 EST news142776518 (PhysOrg.com) -- Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest - blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea. http://www.physorg.com/news142011757.html Other Sciences Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:42:37 EST news142011757