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How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...
The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...
New research has uncovered a crucial clue to understanding the spread of "barrens" in the Great Southern Reef, which are ...
Marine food webs are highly complex. Until now, researchers have been unable to understand exactly how they are affected by ...
Scientists visited fish markets and ports in search of sharks, ghost sharks, rays and skates caught by fishermen. Take a look ...
But as marine predators who spend about seven months every year far out at sea catching fish in the twilight zone, northern elephant seals are built for such depths. The seals from the Año Nuevo ...
Scientists have revealed for the first time that some fish sneak up on their prey by hiding behind sharks. The previously unknown behaviour was discovered by a team of researchers, including ...
A study shows how the loss of Great white sharks from False Bay is disrupting the marine food web and threatening ocean health.
A new study from the University of Chicago has uncovered the surprising origin of the flexible joints that allow us to move our shoulders, knees, and elbows smoothly. These joints, called synovial ...
The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...
They are a food source for everything from predator finfish ... food source for fish, birds and mammals in Long Island waterways, where they traverse from saltwater ocean and bays to local creeks ...
fishermen hauled in a “large”-eyed ocean predator and took it to a nearby port. The animal was likely intended for a fish market but caught the attention of visiting scientists instead — and ...