Lobster shells have great healing and antiseptic properties
July 14 : Scientists from the University of Havana have found that two compounds from lobster shells, chitin and chitosan, have healing and bio-stimulant properties.
Archive for the Marine Biology Articles
Sharks, dinos were both predators as well as each other’s prey
July 13 : Sharks and dinosaurs in prehistoric Europe served as prey for each other, according to a new review of vertebrate fossils found in the Galve region of Northeast Spain.
Penguins altered diet when humans bgan hunting whales and seals
July 11 : Adélie penguins living in Antarctica switched from eating fish to krill (shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals) around the time that humans began hunting seals and whales, ancient eggshell fragments reveal.
Electric Fish Conduct Electric Duets in Aquatic Courtship
July 3 : Cornell researchers have discovered that in the battle of the sexes, African electric fish couples not only use specific electrical signals to court but also engage in a sort of dueling “electric duet.”
Marine Worm Opens New Window on Early Cell Development
July2 : University of Oregon biologists studying a common ocean-dwelling worm have uncovered potentially fundamental insights into the evolutionary origin of genetic mechanisms, which when compromised in humans play a role in many forms of cancer.
Threat of expulsion even helps keep fish in line
June 27 : In a study that has implications for the whole animal kingdom, including humans, researchers led by Australian marine scientists have found that dominant fish use the threat of expulsion from the group to keep would-be jumpers firmly in their place.
Phytoplankton change form to escape predators with different feeding habits
June 16 : Marine phytoplankton change form to protect themselves against attack from predators who have very different feeding habits, according to a new
Study helps maintain balance between bowhead whales and Eskimos
June 13 : A Purdue University research on the bowhead whale has helped in maintaining an ecological balance between the marine mammals and the Eskimos, who hunt the animals for food.
Bleached coral reefs’ recovery directly linked to human environmental factors
Coral reefs are very resilient and can bounce back magnificently if subjected to good management practices, a new research by a team of scientists recording the long term recovery of coral reefs in Palau, has revealed.
Dispersed coral reef fish make their way home to spawn
May 4 : Coral reef fish hatchlings dispersed by ocean currents are able to make their way back to their home reefs again to spawn, a new study conducted by an international team of Australian, French and American scientists has revealed.