Biology Marine biology

Satellite imagery shows how currents shape the Red Sea ecosystem.

Two researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Toyama find scale-eating fish have a naturally stronger side for attacking prey fish, and learn to use the dominant side through experience.

When faced with high salinity, the tiny plant cells within coral tissue alter their metabolites to better cope with stress.

A research team in Korea succeeded in measuring multichannel EEG of zebrafish using non-invasive method. It is expected to be used in the development of new drugs to treat brain diseases such as epilepsy syndrome.

Scientists at University of Malaya, Malaysia, have found that the seagrass meadows in Johor harbor three times more juvenile fish than coral reefs. They also found that the dugong herds there prefer certain types of meadows over others.

The genome sequences of two "false" corals offer a window into the evolution of calcification, which may help their reef-building cousins.

A team at Qatar University has discovered a new species of crab during an exploration trip on the research vessel Janan. The trip aimed to investigate marine benthic biodiversity within the Qatar Marine Zone.

Data from a global oceanographic expedition predict how rising temperatures influence growth of plankton populations.

Researchers in Hong Kong have assembled the 1.64 gigabytes genome of a deep-sea mussel. The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and giant clams.

Careful marine management and stricter fishing laws could enable Saudi Arabia’s coral reefs to thrive.