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The results of recent research reveal both the vulnerability and the surprising resilience of tropical seagrass, despite the ...
Seagrass is crucial to the health of our ocean and provides food and shelter for a ton of animals. But this leafy green ...
For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...
Researchers studying dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon found that when seagrass dies off, dolphins have to shift their ...
Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...
Seagrass also cleans polluted water and protects coastlines from erosion. At a time when ocean acidification threatens the survival of the world’s coral reefs and the thousands of fish species ...
Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass ...
Transplanting seagrass meadows? Yes, it's possible -- and it works! The proof is in Monaco, with the successful transplantation of 384 m of Posidonia oceanica. Posidonia oceanica is an essential ...
Salema Porgy, known for its golden stripes, is a fish that can cause hallucinations when consumed. Recorded instances from 1994 and 2002 demonstrated ...
Less seagrass means fewer fish, and thus less food for dolphins. Seagrass provided habitat for myriad marine species, from shrimp to pinfish to ladyfish. Essentially, the dolphins had fewer ...
Manatees are not the only marine mammals that suffer when seagrass dies off in Florida. A new study found that dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon starved when seagrass meadows declined as well.