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For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...
In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...
On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...
Ellen Spiegel discusses her story about how federal changes to the endangered species program will affect CT animals.
Piping plovers are also probably the best known of the federally endangered or threatened animal and plant species in Connecticut. There are others.
So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...
Climate change jeopardizes endangered species’ habitats. Potentially jeopardizing them further is a federal proposal around ...
Marine bivalves lost around three-quarters of their species ... eventually punching through past diversity highs. The rich fossil record and spectacular ecological diversity of bivalves gives us a ...
After 20 years of intense debate, the world looks set to have a treaty protecting marine life out beyond national waters.
Therefore, the highest diversity of fish species in estuaries is expected to be reported during the rainy season. 4.2. Diversity, richness and equitability In general, the ecological indices related ...
The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing Trump administration purge of policies, programs and materials that ...
In this op-ed, an active-duty service member argues the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI in the military will undermine readiness. (Cpl. Jamean Berry/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note ...