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05/15/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Nurturing can CHANGE nature: How mothers nurture their children can influence the formation of NEW SPECIES

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) have shown that the way animal mothers nurture their offspring can influence how they develop, and can even influence how fast a new species develops. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, studies more than 170 species from the Poeciliidae family of freshwater fish, the most famous of which […]

04/17/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

A different kind of Jaws: Scientists discover a tiny new species of shark that glows in the dark

Scientists have discovered a new species of shark lurking off the Gulf of Mexico. However, this isn’t a terrifyingly large shark that can eat humans whole. This shark is small and can glow in the dark. The new shark, known as the American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis), is only the second species of pocket shark […]

02/23/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

From the sea to the stars: Scientists study octopuses to understand intelligent life on other planets

Researchers trying to figure out how extraterrestrial life may think are starting to look in different places. In one study, presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference, a group of researchers from the University of Washington (UWash) in Seattle believe that the way the arms of a cephalopod like the octopus “think” can be a model for how […]

02/09/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Scientists explore Atlantis Massif in the Atlantic Ocean to find out how creatures survive on alien water worlds

Deep in the middle of the Northern Atlantic Ocean lies an underwater mountain that, at its highest, rises to be nearly 2,300 feet below the surface. This mountain, known as the Atlantis Massif, after the fabled city that sunk into the ocean, is filled with underwater chimneys that spew minerals and hot water into the ocean. This […]

12/23/2019 / By Grace Olson

Weird wonders of the deep: The coffinfish can hold its breath for up to 4 minutes at a time

It’s not every day you get to see a fish holding its breath, let alone for up to relatively long stretches of time. But this is exactly the sight that greeted researchers Nicholas Long and Stacy Farina while observing footage captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) remotely operated vehicles (ROV). According to the […]

12/10/2019 / By Grace Olson

Researchers find evidence of microplastics in Colorado RAIN SAMPLES: Where is it coming from?

Microplastics are everywhere these days. They are even falling from the sky, a recent study finds. Researchers from various institutions in the US, including the US Geological Survey (USGS), found microplastics in rain samples collected from the Denver-Boulder urban corridor and other sites along Colorado’s Front Range. Their findings, which were published on the USGS […]

12/02/2019 / By Tracey Watson

Natural atmospheric chemistry maintenance: Mother Nature traps extra carbon dioxide in seaweed, as needed

With the incredibly hectic pace of modern life it can be difficult to take the time to stop and smell the roses. Surrounded as we are by electronic and other man-made devices, we sometimes forget that there are incredibly complex natural systems all around us that quietly just go about doing their work without any […]

10/22/2019 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez

Arsenic is toxic to humans, but these microbes live and breathe it

Researchers from the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington have discovered how some microorganisms that live in portions of the ocean where oxygen is almost absent manage to thrive. Called marine oxygen-deficient zones (ODZs), these regions are sandwiched between the oxygen-rich surface and the deep layers. In their study, which appeared in the […]

09/16/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Ancient rocks provide new clues on how volcanoes caused “biggest mass extinction” ever

Volcanoes could have caused the worst mass extinction on Earth. According to researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the China University of Geosciences (CUG), the most reliable evidence for this outcome comes from a recent mercury discovery buried in layers of ancient rock. The event, known as the Permian-Triassic (P-T) extinction, took place 252 million years ago and lasted […]

08/25/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Oxygen loss in ancient oceans led to mass extinctions – will history repeat itself?

The ongoing drop in ocean oxygen levels is not a new thing. Researchers warn that a similar loss of life-giving gas in the ancient oceans may have triggered a mass extinction in marine life more than 430 million years ago. The Ireviken extinction event took place during the Silurian Period of Earth. It killed off […]

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