News tagged with ear bones
Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations
Scientists have found that only about ten percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in California's Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon. A massive influx of hatchery-raised fish that return to spawn in ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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New study provides comprehensive view of the status of Atlantic bluefin tuna
A new model built around biological data from electronic tags, ear bone microchemistry and fisheries catch data for Atlantic bluefin tuna indicates fishing on one side of the Atlantic influences the other side. Bluefin populations ...
Dec 10, 2011 |
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Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear found
Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the discovery of Liaoconodon hui, a complete fossil mammal from the Mesozoic found in China that includ ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Ear bones reveal spawning secrets of Lake Erie walleye
Ecologists have long believed that fish tend to return to the same river where they hatched in order to spawn. But researchers at Ohio State University have determined that the old rule doesn't always apply ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 08, 2009 |
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High carbon dioxide levels cause abnormally large fish ear bones
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a love-besotted soul has declared they would move the world for their true love, but how many actually accomplish that task in their quest to unite with a lover?
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