Colour-changing crabs struggle to camouflage themselves when exposed to noise from ships, new research shows.
Ship Noise Hampers Crab Camouflage
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Why Do Sea Turtles Eat Ocean Plastics? New Research Points to Smell
One week is all it takes for a piece of plastic floating in the ocean to begin to smell like turtle food.
‘Deceptively Simple’ Process Could Boost Plastics Recycling
Plastics are a victim of their own success, so inexpensive, easy to use and versatile that the world is awash in plastic waste.
Indian Ocean Phenomenon Spells Climate Trouble For Australia
New international research has found a worrying change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry conditions.
Geneticists Pump The Brakes On DNA, Revealing Key Developmental Process
Led by graduate student Shannon Keenan, the team used light to activate chemical signals in developing fruit flies and traced the effects on a protein called Capicua, or Cic. Located in a cell's nucleus, Cic binds to DNA and performs the specialized task of silencing genes.
Male Size Advantage Drives Evolution of Sex Change in Reef Fish
Some species of fish, notably parrotfish and wrasses living on coral reefs, change their biological sex as they age, beginning life as females and later becoming functionally male.
