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'Undesirable' evolution can be reversed in fish, scientists show

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Intensive harvesting of the largest fish over many decades, while leaving the small fish behind, may have unintentionally genetically reprogrammed many species to grow smaller, said lead author Dr. David O. ...


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Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, study finds

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 5

A unique study by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has provided fresh evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems. Scripps Oceanography graduate student researcher Loren ...





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Taking the bite out of shark DNA

Taking the bite out of shark DNA

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created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Extracting shark DNA has been somewhat of a challenge in the past, with scientists having to overcome the obvious hurdles associated with carrying out biopsies on live and rather uncooperative ...


No Asian carp found yet in Ill. fish kill (AP)

No Asian carp found yet in Ill. fish kill

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- No Asian carp have been spotted so far in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish out of the Great Lakes.


Fish Sense Other Fish Via Ripples

Fish Sense Other Fish Via Ripples

Biology / Plants & Animals

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.


Eating fish has no effect on health of large intestine

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

It appears that eating more fish has no effect on the health of the large intestine. Neither was there any difference between eating salmon and cod. In other words, there are no additional indications that fish consumption ...


Feds file to delist wolves, except in Wyoming

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a formal rule Wednesday to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in Montana and Idaho while keeping protections in Wyoming.


Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced ...


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Red, White Wine, Fish And Science

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The long-standing rule of matching wine and food -- red wine with red meat and white wine with fish -- actually has a scientific explanation, according to two scientists working for the Mercian Corporation, ...


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Symmetrical brains can be an advantage

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many studies have found widespread asymmetry in the brains of different species, including humans, and most have assumed asymmetry is advantageous. A new paper, published in the Proceedings of ...


GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.


The robot uses a laser range finder and radio communications to recreate the behaviour of fish

Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.



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