Marine Biology
Is Immortality in Our Reach? Unveiling Sea Anemone Secrets
Science
Scientists have found stem cells in sea anemones that could explain their seemingly eternal life, a discovery that might also impact our ...
Oldest-known penis discovered in 425-million-year-old crab fossil
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The oldest penis in the world, as it turns out, belongs to an ancient crustacean astonishingly well-preserved in volcanic ash 425 million ...
New Study Reveals That Ammonoids Thrived Until Their Sudden Extinction
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A new study challenges the view that ammonoids were declining before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that they remained ...
Ancient Extinction Holds Clues to Today’s Climate Crisis
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Researchers found clues in Italian limestone about a Jurassic-era marine extinction caused by volcanic CO2 emissions, paralleling today’s climate change concerns. Limestone ...
New Data Challenges Decades-Old Science
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A special high-speed winch that the researchers used to swiftly raise and lower instruments to track the dye’s movements underwater. Credit: San ...
“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox
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A groundbreaking discovery of a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil offers new insights into sponge evolution and guides future fossil searches. Reconstructed ...
An Invisible Force Initiating Life
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A new study reveals that sea squirt oocytes use internal friction to undergo developmental changes post-conception, drawing an interesting parallel to a ...
Ancient Extinction Mirrors Today’s Ocean Crisis: Deoxygenation’s Role Unveiled
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A study in Nature Geosciences reveals that oceanic anoxia significantly contributed to marine extinctions during the Triassic–Jurassic period, with current levels of ...
New Insights on Why Marine Predators Dive Into the Dark, Deep Sea
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New research using electronic tags and sonar data shows that large marine predators like sharks and tunas often dive into the deep ...
