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Marine Biology
Marine Biology: the scientific study of organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 30 meters (98 feet) in length.
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AUG 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists, for reasons that are unclear, mixed eggs and sperm from two different species of fish and ended up creating ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2020Plants & Animals
Research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and University ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 11, 2020Earth & The Environment
Australia is losing its seagrass. That’s according to a new report released by marine scientists at the Centre for ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria live in symbiosis with many animals in the world. These tiny single-celled creatures often play crucial roles i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The children of older mothers tend to have fewer children and have higher mortality. So why is it still biologically pos ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists used a fish called the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, to show that even small amounts of chemicals tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to public health, and scientists have been searching for new antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 08, 2020Plants & Animals
Goldfish are an invasive fish species, but don’t let that distract from the well-known fact that they make for won ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
The ocean remains largely unexplored, and the ocean’s twilight zone is of key interest to researchers. Named for t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
According to new research from Northumbria University, England, nearly 13,000 metric tons of microfibers are released in ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 07, 2020Plants & Animals
The ocean plays host to a plethora of diverse marine animal species, but the vast majority of those generally reside at ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is a hormone that's produced by a specific set of cells in the pancreas, and it functions to regulate blood ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
New research has learned more about how and when sea snakes gained color vision.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2020Microbiology
Single-celled ocean microbes known as Pelagibacter or SAR11 make up about 25 percent of the plankton on the planet.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists, for reasons that are unclear, mixed eggs and sperm from two different species of fish and ended up creating
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
Research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and University
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 11, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Australia is losing its seagrass. That’s according to a new report released by marine scientists at the Centre for
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria live in symbiosis with many animals in the world. These tiny single-celled creatures often play crucial roles i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The children of older mothers tend to have fewer children and have higher mortality. So why is it still biologically pos
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists used a fish called the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, to show that even small amounts of chemicals tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to public health, and scientists have been searching for new antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 08, 2020
Plants & Animals
Goldfish are an invasive fish species, but don’t let that distract from the well-known fact that they make for won
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The ocean remains largely unexplored, and the ocean’s twilight zone is of key interest to researchers. Named for t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
According to new research from Northumbria University, England, nearly 13,000 metric tons of microfibers are released in
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
The ocean plays host to a plethora of diverse marine animal species, but the vast majority of those generally reside at
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is a hormone that's produced by a specific set of cells in the pancreas, and it functions to regulate blood
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research has learned more about how and when sea snakes gained color vision.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2020
Microbiology
Single-celled ocean microbes known as Pelagibacter or SAR11 make up about 25 percent of the plankton on the planet.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch