Skip to content Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity. Craig McClain photographing […]
Category: Ecology
Even the worst mass extinction had its oases
Some earlier plants might not have made it through the extinction since rock layers from the onset of the End-Permian […]
How whale urine benefits the ocean ecosystem
A “great whale conveyor belt” Credit: A. Boersma Migrating whales typically gorge in summers at higher latitudes to build up […]
An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
“One of the more similar environments to the ISS was in the isolation dorms on the UCSD campus during the […]
Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth
Nitrospirota is an archaeal phylum that’s particularly common in the terrestrial subsurface. Some species of nitrospirota are capable of oxidizing […]
These squirrels are cold-blooded vole killers
They seem so sweet and innocent but these squirrels are also opportunistic killers. We think of squirrels as adorably harmless […]