Search results for marine sticklebacks
Researchers find first-ever 'wanderlust gene' in tiny bony fish
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene previously associated with physical traits is also dictating behaviour in a tiny fish widely regarded as a living model of Darwin's natural selection theory, according to a University ...
'Armored' fish study helps strengthen Darwin's natural selection theory
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Aug 28, 2008 |
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Shedding some genetically induced excess baggage may have helped a tiny fish thrive in freshwater and outsize its marine ancestors, according to a UBC study published today in Science Express.
Researchers document rapid, dramatic 'reverse evolution' in the threespine stickleback fish
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May 15, 2008 |
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Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers ...
Same genetic machinery generates skin color evolution in fish and humans
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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When humans began to migrate out of Africa about 100,000 years ago, their skin color gradually changed to adapt to their new environments. And when the last Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago, marine ancestors of ocean-dwelling ...
Marine aquaculture could feed growing world population
Dec 01, 2009 |
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The oceans could become the source of more of humanity's food if steps are taken to expand and improve marine aquaculture, according to a study published in the December 2009 issue of BioScience.
Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...
Impact of renewable energy on our oceans must be investigated, say scientists
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth are today calling for urgent research to understand the impact of renewable energy developments on marine life. The study, now published in the Journal of ...
New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica’s continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British ...
Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.
MARES to provide comprehensive view of south Florida marine ecosystems
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A new $1.5 million NOAA-funded project, MARES will provide a comprehensive view of south Florida marine ecosystems. This will be the first study to include human dimensions science and deliver guidance for ...
Finding the ASX200 for marine ecosystems
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are building the environmental equivalent of the ASX200 as a means of monitoring the health of Australian marine ecosystems.
Oceans becoming noisier thanks to pollution -- report
Dec 20, 2009 |
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The world's oceans are becoming noisier thanks to pollution, with potentially harmful effects for whales, dolphins and other marine life, US scientists said in a study published Sunday.
Solar energy powers Marines on battlefield (w/ Video)
Dec 08, 2009 |
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A year ago, U.S. Marines operating in the Arabian Desert only viewed the sun as the source of the region's relentless heat. Recently, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Advanced Power Generation Future Naval ...
First underwater observatory live online
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, including those from the Natural History Museum, have developed the world's first underwater observatory connected to the internet.
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife ...
