Imprinting on mothers may drive speciation in poison dart frogs
Imprinting on parental color may be more important than genetics when it comes to the evolution of new species.
Microbes in warm soils released more carbon than those in cooler soils
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9 % increase in atmospheric CO2 this Century.
Bats use private and social information as they hunt
As some of the most savvy and sophisticated predators out there, bats eavesdrop on their prey and even on other bats to collect a wide variety of information about their prey.
Underwater Manatee chatter may aid in their conservation
Scientists propose a new method, based on underwater recordings, for estimating the population size of the Antillean manatee, an endangered marine mammal
Living coral cover will slow future reef dissolution
In situ experiment on Great Barrier Reef tests future ocean acidification scenario
Thank you Valerie and Bill Anders, new staff scientist, Ocean’s Month, Agua Salud case study, NASA visits Barro Colorado, and more
Thank you Valerie and Bill Anders, new staff scientist, Ocean’s Month, Agua Salud case study, NASA visits Barro Colorado, and more
Traditional fisherfolk help uncover ancient fish preservation methods
Modern fish preparation techniques leave behind bone fragmentation patterns resembling those found among fish remains in archaeological sites, revealing the antiquity of traditional butchering methods
The positive side of fouling communities
Encrusting organisms may be disliked by most people, but they’re helping explore marine conservation and biodiversity concerns
What’s lurking under the forest?
As part of her doctoral work, Heather Stewart is exploring what factors influence the marine sessile community growing on mangrove roots and what is driving the coral invasion of Bocas del Toro mangrove forests, a unique phenomenon