This year Natural History Museum curators, researchers and scientific associates have described an impressive 262 new species. These range from parasitic crustaceans that infect fish to dinosaurs that ...

Dry-season grazing can give a boost to oak woodlands ecosystems, according to new research with a Land Trust of Napa County twist. The years of field work took place at the Land Trust's Wantrup ...

Pink is not a very common colour in nature. Still, it has some unique and natural features that contribute to its glow, and it is very special due to its rare foundation in nature, its genetics, and ...

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For the first time, scientists have successfully cryopreserved sea star larvae and reactivated them – an important milestone that could help re-establish a critically endangered keystone species.

A mysterious disease that has plagued sea stars for more than a decade may have met its match in the fjords of British Columbia. Sunflower sea stars discovered thriving in the frigid waters suggest ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one marine predator can benefit another. "Our research shows that the loss of a ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one marine predator can benefit another. Published today in the journal Science ...

A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of these long-necked marine reptiles. The discovery, published on March 31, ...