Ecology

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EcologyEvolution

What Chicago’s rodents are teaching us about Evolution

Can animals evolve fast enough to keep up with the changing city? A new study on chipmunks and voles in Chicago digs deep—literally...

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EcologyPhysiology

How fish guts help shape the ocean’s chemistry

The surprising role of deep-sea osmoregulation in the marine carbon cycle When we think of ocean carbon cycling, our minds tend to drift...

Animal DiversityEcologyEthology

Brittle stars stealing from Jelly fishes!

Occassionally, brittle stars are seen in the body of jelly fishes. Interesting fact is the food sources of brittle stars seems to be...

EcologyMarine Biology

What is coral bleaching and how it happens?

Coral bleaching is one of the greatest problems that corals are facing. It is a result of increasing ocean temperatures due to global...

Animal DiversityEcology

Swire’s Snailfish: Deepest fish in the world

Pseudoliparis swirei is the deepest-dwelling fish in the world. This small deep sea creature can withstand more water pressure than 1,600 elephants standing...

Animal DiversityEcologyMicro Biology

Venus’s hair; Thiolava veneris

In 2011, the underwater volcano Tagoro erupted in Canary Islands. The eruption increased water temperature, decreased oxygen and released massive quantities of carbon...

EcologyGeneral Zoology

Everything you need to know about ivory poaching

A ban was imposed in 1989 banning the international trade in ivory to reverse a rapid decline in the population of African elephants....