Snails’ Scars Offer a 100,000-Year Record of Crab Populations
A surprisingly simple technique for studying scars on snails’ shells shows how California’s crab population has changed over millennia.
Apr 27, 2022 | 550 words, about 2 minutes
Scientific Field/Discipline: Ecology
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The Queen Conch’s Gambit
The first and only queen conch hatchery and nursery run by local fishers is poised for duplication across the Caribbean—but even if conch farming can help ease overfishing, can it survive in warming, storm-lashed seas?
Apr 26, 2022 | 4,200 words, about 21 minutes
In Graphic Detail: The Right Whales Aren’t All Right
But the news isn’t all bad.
Apr 22, 2022 | 450 words, about 2 minutes
Mothering Mozambique’s Mangroves Back to Life
Villagers along the Limpopo River are restoring an estuary and securing their food supply, one mangrove at a time.
Apr 21, 2022 | 1,600 words, about 8 minutes
The Anemone in the Coal Mine
The starlet sea anemone shows just how extensive the effects of common pollutants can be.
Mar 30, 2022 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
Alaska’s Sea Otters Have Individual Eating Habits
Sea otters don’t all eat the same things—which makes it more difficult to deduce their effect on prey species like crabs and clams.
Mar 21, 2022 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
Tomcod Brings Everyone to the Table
The Apoqnmatulti’k project brings Indigenous communities and scientists together to better understand one another and three food fisheries.
Mar 15, 2022 | 2,500 words, about 12 minutes
Tracking the Effects of an Eelgrass Epidemic
Even when it’s less than lethal, seagrass wasting disease leaves eelgrass reeling.
Mar 3, 2022 | 450 words, about 2 minutes