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A dolphin washed up on a beach
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Wind and Ocean Currents May Contribute to Mass Dolphin Strandings

by Rebecca Dzombak 4 November 202128 March 2023

Coastal wind patterns correlate with mass strandings of dolphins, suggesting that storm-induced upwelling could be influencing cetaceans’ behavior.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is capable of transmitting several diseases.
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App Tracks Harmful Mosquitos with Help from Crowdsourced Science

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 29 October 20219 September 2024

While collecting data using an app, volunteers have the chance to support research and fight mosquito populations on the ground.

Margaritifera laevis shells on the bottom of a river.
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Freshwater Mussel Shells May Retain Record of Alpine Snowpack

by Stacy Kish 4 October 202129 March 2023

A new study explores a possible proxy for seasonal freshwater input that could elucidate changes in alpine snowpack as the planet warms.

A fossil of Zhenyuanlong suni, a feathered dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous
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Cool Oasis for Cretaceous Feathered Dinosaurs

by Rebecca Dzombak 1 October 202111 January 2022

A new study found that the Jehol Biota had chilly temperatures and high altitudes when feathered dinosaurs roamed the slopes.

Four cormorants stand atop a channel marker.
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Cormorants Are Helping Characterize Coastal Ocean Environments

by R. A. Orben, A. G. Peck-Richardson, G. Wilson, D. Ardağ and J. A. Lerczak 23 September 202111 July 2023

The Cormorant Oceanography Project is using sensors deployed on diving marine birds to collect broadly distributed oceanographic data in coastal regions around the world.

Dolphin trials at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii.
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Autonomous Vehicles Could Benefit from Nature

by Stacy Kish 22 September 202129 March 2023

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan is looking to animals to find new ways for autonomous vehicles to navigate through the environment.

Close-up of a chain of salps
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Species of Feces Help Phytoplankton Feed Itself

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 June 202118 January 2023

The unicellular plants more readily take up iron in the presence of salp feces than in krill feces, an experiment in Antarctica reveals.

A humpback whale breaches in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Years After the Pacific Marine Heat Wave, Ecosystem Shifts Persist

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 3 May 202125 October 2021

Researchers question whether Gulf of Alaska species will return to pre–heat wave conditions.

Two plots comparing seasonal variability in mussel stable isotope values from the periostracum with measured suspended particulate organic matter, used to reconstruct the isotopic composition of suspended particulate organic matter.
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Tracking Excess Nitrogen with Freshwater Mussels

by Branwen Williams 30 April 20218 March 2023

Mussel shell periostracum and carbonate bound organic matter document seasonal variability in the isotopic composition of riverine suspended particulate organic matter.

Loggerhead sea turtle swimming
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What Happens When Six Sea Turtles Go Rogue

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 26 April 202121 December 2023

In a study of more than 200 sea turtles, researchers were surprised by six turtles that went their own way.

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