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Genes hold secret of survival of Antarctic 'antifreeze fish'

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 1

A genetic study of a fish that lives in the icy waters off Antarctica sheds light on the adaptations that enable it to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet.





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New fish discovered in the Bellingshausen Sea

New fish discovered in the Bellingshausen Sea

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, an area which has not been studied ...


The 'Antarctic Cod' (Notothenia coriiceps)

Hibernation-like behavior in Antarctic fish -- on ice for winter

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created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists have discovered an Antarctic fish species that adopts a winter survival strategy similar to hibernation. Reporting this week in the journal PLoS ONE, the online journal from the Public Library of Sci ...


Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (25) | comments 39

Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine communities.


New species of Antarctic fish discovered

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created Dec 19, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

U.S. scientists have found a new species of Antarctic fish that are about 13-inches long, thrive in the cold and have an interorbital pit with two openings.


Warming waters may make Antarctica hospitable to sharks, with potentially disastrous consequences

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created Feb 15, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (24) | comments 6

It has been 40 million years since the waters around Antarctica have been warm enough to sustain populations of sharks and most fish, but they may return this century due to the effects of global warming. If they do, the ...


Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale

Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...


Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss

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created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (15) | comments 5

Scientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only ...


Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...


Study: Icebergs create ocean 'hot spots'

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created Jun 20, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A U.S. study suggests Antarctic icebergs created by global climate change are having a major ecological impact.


Fish Sense Other Fish Via Ripples

Fish Sense Other Fish Via Ripples

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although humans experience their world through vision, touch and the other senses, many creatures gather information about their surroundings through unique sensory mechanisms that humans don’t have.



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