Water in Utah's Great Salt Lake has fallen to its lowest level ever recorded, authorities announced this week, a result of the ongoing drought impacting the western United States which scientists warn has been exacerbated ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2022
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For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted ...
Ecology
Jul 6, 2022
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What's the relationship between people's perception of beauty and animals' conservation needs? According to a machine-learning study by Nicolas Mouquet at the University of Montpellier, France, and colleagues, publishing ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2022
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Surveys on Michigan's lakes and streams are underway in parts of the state, all part of the state's annual effort to collect data to best manage fishery resources.
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2022
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Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2022
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A new study highlights there could be up to four times more fish in the mesopelagic, or "twilight," zone of the Southern Ocean than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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Recreational fishing in the U.S. is largely a personal hobby that scales up to a multibillion-dollar economic activity. More than 44 million people in the U.S. identify as recreational anglers making this hobby second only ...
Ecology
Aug 18, 2021
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For decades, four invasive species of carp have been devouring plants, gorging on plankton and endangering an interconnected community of fish, plants and mollusks beneath the murky brown water of the Missouri River.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2021
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An important element for the protection of biodiversity is the willingness of the public to support restoration efforts. Using a longitudinal survey design with 1,000 respondents each in France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2021
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University of Georgia ecologists Mary and Byron "Bud" Freeman are being recognized for their contributions to freshwater science in the most fitting way possible—with the naming of a newly discovered fish species in their ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2021
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