Symbiotic bacteria ride along with single-celled protists in ocean's upper layer
Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...
Sea turtles ‘dance’ in magnetic fields associated with food, new study finds
Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.
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Dancing turtles help us understand how they navigate around the world
Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a food, ...
Deep-sea shrimp have evolved enhanced vision for the bioluminescent world, study finds
Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature ...
Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...
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Farmer uncovers fossil from violent marine battle millions of years ago
Discover the fascinating story of a sea cow fossil in Venezuela, providing insights into prehistoric marine life and predator ...
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Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...