New Zealand’s well-documented fossil and living marine fauna allows scientists to explore drivers of extinction risk that are relevant globally.
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Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.
Worldwide, nearly five million people die from antimicrobial resistant infections each year.
Taking that beautiful snail shell could increase the cost of housing for a hermit crab or small shrimp that needs it next. The beautiful conch shell that calls to you is actually an octopus caravan.
The waters of the St. Lawrence are running out of breath and bottom-dwelling organisms are already feeling the effects. Here’s how ecosystems are reacting.
Octopuses are enigmatic beings whose experiences of industrial farming are likely to be profound.
A new survey has revealed an alarming deterioration in the health of the River Thames ecosystem – but some of the recorded changes may be the result of a cleaner river.
Only half of New Zealand’s roughly 4,000 mollusc species have been seen alive. Now geneticists can decode DNA from shells in museum collections to trace the life histories of extinct or rare species.
Among the dozens of endangered species, is a spiky snail named after The Clash lead singer, Joe Strummer.
Scientists don’t just want to unravel the mysteries of slug sex for voyeurism.
One thing I can tell you is that a snail’s bottom is right over its head.
It has been reported that at least one snail lived as many as 14 years in captivity. His name was George and he lived in Hawaii, in the United States.
Snail shells appear to be part of the creatures’ immune system.
In light of World Oceans Day, it’s important to note the important role aquaculture can have on the continent.
Maëlle, 7, wants to know why some shells are smooth, while others are corrugated. It turns out that while corrugated shells are strong, smooth shells can move fast.
Super-fertile slugs from the continent have bred with their cousins in the UK.
Dave West from the environmental group Boomerang Alliance told Fairfax that if you’ve got an average seafood diet in Australia, you’re probably ingesting about 11,000 plastic pieces a year. Is that right?
A peek inside the genome of the octopus gives some hints as to what makes it such a remarkable creature is so many ways.
When you think 3D you probably imagine the cinema and popcorn, or that fancy TV you’ve just blown the kids’ university fees on. What you probably don’t think - unless you’re a particular breed of palaeontologist…
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Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University
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Professor of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Professor of Ecotoxicology of Delta and Coastal Waters, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Reader in Ecological Genetics, Liverpool John Moores University
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Investigador I+D+i en Armadora Pereira / IIM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC)
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Professor of Biology and a marine plant biologist, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Aquatic Biosciences, Nord University
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Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics, University of Nottingham
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PhD Researcher, Deep-Sea Biology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professeure de chimie marine à l'Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER-UQAR), Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Curator Invertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Research associate, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)