The coconut crab has the strongest pinching force of all crustaceans — with the force applied during pinching actually being greater than the biting force of all living terrestrial animals … [Read full article]
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Academic, Government Researchers Watch Coastal Kelp For Fukushima Contaminants
A diver in California’s kelp forest. A new study will explore possible radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns (Wikimedia Commons/Ed Bierman). Biology professor Steven L. Manley of California State … [Read full article]
Hermit Crabs Only Socialize To Team Up And Steal Larger Homes From Larger Crabs
Typically, ‘social’ animals gather together for reasons to do with sex, food, or safety, but there are other reasons too, as some new research on hermit crabs has shown. … [Read full article]
Newest Gulf Report: Oil, Soot and Dead Animals on Sea Floor
Reporting her results from a fifth Gulf of Mexico expedition ending this past December, University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye has been to the bottom and back, and her … [Read full article]