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Expansion of Mediterranean hermit crabs into the North Sea thanks to climate change

Posted on July 2, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Long-term studies conducted by scientists at the institute “Senckenberg am Meer” and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt…

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    Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate

    Posted on June 27, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Animals living on the abyssal plains, miles below the ocean surface, don’t usually get much to eat. Their main source of food is…

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      Submarine canyons are oases in the deep sea and promote high species diversity

      Posted on June 27, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Submarine canyons play an important role in maintaining high levels of biodiversity of small invertebrates in the seafloor sediments of the…

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        Highly conserved DNA reveals turtles are more related to birds and crocodiles

        Posted on June 25, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        The evolutionary origin of turtles is one of the last unanswered questions in vertebrate evolution. Paleontological and morphological…

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          Disco clam has rippling mirrored lips

          Posted on June 25, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Four years after falling in love with the disco clam – a cute little mollusk known for its underwater light show – Lindsey Dougherty has…

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            Study reveals opposite patterns of ancient climate change in temperate areas

            Posted on June 19, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Korean research team revealed conflicting climate change patterns between the middle latitude areas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres…

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              Spiders from 8 families prey on fish

              Posted on June 19, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Spiders from five different families prey on small fish in the wild, according to a systematic review published June 18, 2014 in the…

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                Whale and tuna are equally efficient as swimmers

                Posted on June 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                A large gray whale and a much smaller skipjack tuna each propels itself through water. Which is the more efficient swimmer? It has been…

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                  Forest loss starves fish

                  Posted on June 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Debris from forests that washes into freshwater lakes supplements the diets of microscopic zooplankton and the fish that feed off them –…

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                    Scientists reveal why life got big in the Earth’s early oceans

                    Posted on June 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Why did life forms first begin to get larger and what advantage did this increase in size provide? UCLA biologists working with an…

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