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Thieving Whale Caught on Video Gives Rare Clues about Hunting Strategy, Sound Production

For decades scientists have been intrigued by the variety of sounds emitted by sperm whales, partly due to a popular theory that suggests that the sounds might…

Skip This Cocktail Party: Contaminants in Marine Mammals' Brains

Eric Montie, the lead author on the study currently in press and published online April 17 in Environmental Pollution, performed the research as a student in…

Snail Venoms Reflect Reduced Competition

The research, by University of Michigan evolutionary biologists Tom Duda and Taehwan Lee, is scheduled to be published online May 20 in the open-access journal…

Unusually Large Family of Green Fluorescent Proteins Discovered in Marine Creature

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green fluorescent…

Voyages of discovery or necessity?

Ciguatera poisoning, the food-borne disease that can come from eating large, carnivorous reef fish, causes vomiting, headaches, and a burning sensation upon…

World's Observatories Watching 'Cool' Star

The dying star, a white dwarf identified as WDJ1524-0030, located in the constellation Ophiuchus in the southern sky, is losing its brightness as it cools, its…

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