Ecology
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Bat-roost? To curb malaria!
110 years ago, one man set out to rid Texas of Malaria – with the help of what was then a very unlikely...
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What makes poison dart frog resistant to their own poison?
Poison dart frogs store Batrachotoxin, a steroidal alkaloid toxin in their skin glands. A single amino acid substitution is responsible for the resistance...
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