Marine biology

Marine biology

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  It really is monkey-see, monkey-do, research shows

  You don't have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar monkey-see, monkey-do behavior to ... 

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  Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms

  It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during ... 

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  Coral comeback: Reef 'seeding' in the Caribbean

  Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the ... 

• Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fish

  Live Asian carp don't necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday ... 

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  Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction

  What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social ... 

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  Iceland investigating mass herring deaths

  Researchers in Iceland are blaming low oxygen levels in a shallow fjord for the deaths of tens of thousands of tons of herring. Masses of dead herring ... 

• Giant squid filmed in ocean depths for 1st time

  After a hundred dives deep into the Pacific, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat ...