Tiny but mighty. That’s what plankton are. Despite being at the bottom of the ocean’s food chain, plankton provide food for fish that sustain billions...
Archive for tag: marine creature
After We Find Out that Octopuses Are Intelligent, Is It Ethical to Keep Eating Them?
I’ve grown to really like octopuses–not as food–that I’ve dedicated a post about them a while ago. And as some of you might already know...
Sea Lettuce Is Killing Loggerhead Turtles; A Community Works Together to Help
In the morning, when it’s sunny, Pedro Luis Pérez eagerly checked on hatchlings at his beachside nursery in La Sabana. It’s a coastal town with...
Trash Hermits: More Hermit Crabs Favor Plastic Waste as Their Homes
Think of hermit crabs. Some images that we have are those little critters coming out of their shells to move to larger ones. But nowadays,...
Endangered Sharks Experience Rising Mortality Rates; Studies Suggest Ways to Save Them
Sharks. They have roamed the oceans for over 400 million years, survived five mass extinctions, and evolved into different shapes and lifestyles. One can...
Study Reveals That in the Future, There Might Be Significant Waves of Invasive Species
Alien species that are destructive and wiping out the native ones have been a persistent problem in many parts of the world. Are we to...
In this Engineered Beach, We Can Coexist With Endangered Sharks
In the north of the capital city, Santa Cruz, lies Playa de las Teresitas, a tranquil bay one can go to when one needs moments...
Scientists Use Probiotics to Help Corals Fight a Dangerous Disease
Corals in the Florida and Caribbean waters have been largely affected with stony coral tissue loss disease or SCTLD. It is a persistent and widespread...
The Challenges of Managing Marine Reserve
Have you heard about marine reserve? If you have not, you might want to follow this article through because it is something interesting, yet not...
Scientists Have Played Recordings of Healthy Ocean to Allure Animals to Coral Reefs
Serendipity is always welcome, particularly in times when it’s truly needed. Such was the case for Stephen Simpson, a marine biologist who’s found a way...
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