Salinity changes threatening marine ecosystems, new study shows

A groundbreaking study published today reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in…

Study: The ocean's color is changing as a consequence of climate change

The ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, and the global trend is…

How larger body sizes helped the colonizers of New Zealand

For the first time, researchers have developed a model to estimate how much energy the original…

Multiple ecosystems in hot water after marine heatwave surges across the Pacific

Rising ocean temperatures are sweeping the seas, breaking records and creating problematic conditions for marine life.…

Warmer ocean temperatures increase risk of salmon bycatch in Pacific hake fishery

Rates of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery rise during years when ocean temperatures…

Global database of data for almost 3,000 orchid species show diversity of pollination strategies

Recent research, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, used the database to reveal…

Belief in animals' capacity for emotion linked to better health and welfare

Working equids whose owners believe in their capacity to feel emotion have significantly better health and…

The good advice that could lift people out of poverty

Providing access to housing, debt, and benefit advice within food banks could help lift people out…

Ohio train derailment, clean-up resulted in high levels of some gases, study shows

A freight train carrying industrial chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023, and to…

DNA element with a murky past is borrowing cell's repair machinery

Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic DNA sequence called a retrotransposon has been found borrowing…