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Research shows ocean bacteria glow to attract those that would eat them

(PhysOrg.com) -- In most situations in the wild, animals develop abilities to help them avoid being eaten. The chameleon, for example, can change its color to avoid being seen by predators. What’s less usual, are animals ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Shrimp-like crustacean found to make gooey underwater silk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fritz Vollrath and colleagues from Oxford University have been analyzing the gooey material produced by tiny amphipods known as Crassicorophium bonellii, a small shrimp-like creature that p ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Great Lakes fish feed on invading shrimp

Hemimysis anomala, or more commonly the bloody red shrimp after its bright red spots—may become a new food source for fish, allaying concerns about how it will impact native fish populations.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Violent passions -- jealous cleaner shrimp murder their rivals

The hermaphroditic cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis usually live in monogamous pairs, but dark passions underlie their social structure. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Fronti ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New material for air cleaner filters that captures flu viruses

With flu season just around the corner, scientists are reporting development of a new material for the fiber in face masks, air conditioning filters and air cleaning filters that captures influenza viruses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Wildlife groups sue for more protection of turtles

(AP) -- Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New shrimp technology could speed up race to feed the world

They may look like bunk beds on steroids, but a new shrimp production technology developed by a Texas AgriLife Research scientist near Corpus Christi promises to revolutionize how shrimp make it to our tables.

Biology / Other

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

US fisheries kill 4,600 sea turtles per year: study

Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover chemosynthetic shrimp, tubeworms together for first time at hydrothermal vent

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ocean scientists on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer observed two species of marine life they believe have never before been seen together at a hydrothermal vent— chemosynthetic shrimp ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Critters on ocean floor communicating in synchronized rumbles

September- Understanding animal communication has long been a fascinating and vast area of research for those who dare to welcome the challenge. Some species use body language to express their message while ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron

A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron – stimulating the growth of phytoplankton (microscopic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition DVDs, holographic technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- The eye of the peacock mantis shrimp has led an international team of researchers to develop a two-part waveplate that could improve CD, DVD, blu-ray and holographic technology, creating even ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

For some crustaceans in polluted waters, it could be worse

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine that you’re a grass shrimp. Now, imagine that you’re a rational grass shrimp, and that you have a choice of living in an environment with relatively high levels of dioxin, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Explosive' evolution in pupfish

Two groups of small fish, one from a Caribbean island and one from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, exhibit some of the fastest rates of evolution known in any organism, according to a new UC Davis study.

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Life photographed at Europe's deepest point

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aberdeen scientists have photographed for the first time fish and shrimps at Europe’s deepest point -- 5111 meters or 3.2 miles deep below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0