Science news articles about 'marine biologists'

Marine biologists have discovered hundreds of new and rare species while exploring the waters around two remote islands and a reef off the Australian coast

... death for the iconic New England whale. Marine biologists estimate that only 350 to 400 right ... Energy has trained its crew members to watch for marine mammals and sea turtles as their vessels travel ...

... may compete with native species with potentially disastrous consequences for aquaculture, tourism and other marine activities. "But we can all do our bit for biosecurity - anyone who has a boat or ...

Marine biologists have just completed a pioneering research effort in Hawaii to measure the biology and behavior of some of the most poorly understood whales on Earth. During the study, for the first ...

While residents of a town on Newfoundland's northeast coast are calling for an icebreaker to free five trapped dolphins, a marine biologist warns such a move may make things worse.

Marine biologists of the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research have found almost 30000 colonies of a rare black coral, named Antipathella subpinnata, while monitoring the seabed ...

As a fast and efficient means of transport, jellyfish-like organisms could play a major role in the marine carbon cycle. Marine biologists report that dead bodies of the marine ...

Marine biologists have demonstrated that there is considerable diversity amongst the smallest microalgae belonging to the group of so-called haptophytes. Scientists have shown that these ...

A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. Dr Sonja ...

A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. read more

... new instruments and techniques greatly improved scientists’ ability to identify microbial species. Since then, marine biologists have realized that bacteria play a dominant role in the ...

Martin Posey, marine biologist at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is among a handful of scientists working to restore the North Carolina native oyster population, estimated to be 5-10 ...

Marine biologist Rob McCauley believes the ocean’s largest creatures have much to tell us – but understanding their language is a whale-sized challenge.

Marine biologists plan to tie mini computers to jellyfish to track them off the coasts of north and west Wales.

... turtle have remained a mystery. In this week's PLoS Biology, marine biologist Barbara Block and colleagues give us the largest study to date on leatherback turtles, unveiling the ...