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Great White Shark researchers tap data from electronic tags to gain new insights into survival rate for young sharks

BiOME EcologyMay 9, 2018

Tagging in Southern California and Mexico shows most shark deaths due to unintentional capture in fishing gear, highlighting value of best practices that suppor...

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UK Freshwater Fish of Conservation Concern; The Common Sturgeon

Martyn OwenMarch 28, 2018

The Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio is a long-lived fish, surviving to well over 100 years of age, reaching more than 3.4m in length and growing to over 300kgs...

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Seaweeds shelter calcifying marine life from acidifying oceans

BiOME EcologyMarch 21, 2018

Seaweeds create a chemical microenvironment at their surface, providing refuge for calcifying organisms that are at risk from decreasing oceanic pH, shows new r...

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How Barbastelle bats trick moths that are able to hear their echolocation calls

BiOME EcologyMarch 14, 2018

In the evolutionary arms race between bats and their insect prey, some moths have developed ears to detect echolocating bats and avoid being caught. Conversely,...

MammalsResearch0 Comments37 views

A Glimpse at Spider Evolution and Phylogeny

Martyn OwenMarch 7, 2018

Evolutionary History Spiders are the most specious group of venomous animals on the planet, and arguably the most successful terrestrial predators, except for...

Invertebrates0 Comments36 views

Low Carbon; solar energy generation benefiting bees

BiOME EcologyFebruary 28, 2018

If you were to hear the term “ecological Armageddon,” what would you think of? The extinction of the dinosaurs? Perhaps the plight of one of numerous endangered...

ConservationInvertebrates1 Comment28 views

Is This Planet Earth?

BiOME EcologyFebruary 22, 2018

A sci-fi/eco exhibition by nine contemporary artists at: Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham LL13 8BE https://www.typawb.wales/ 2nd April – 24th June 2018; and ...

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What is ‘Star Jelly’?

Martyn OwenFebruary 13, 2018

As any professional ecologist will know, completing field surveys for protected species invariably means looking for faeces/prints/signs, rather than achieving ...

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Protection, Cannibalism and Self-Sacrifice; The World of Spider Parenting

BiOME EcologyFebruary 9, 2018

When someone mentions parental care in the animal kingdom, birds and mammals are probably the organisms than spring to most people’s minds first, and it’s most ...

Invertebrates0 Comments128 views

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