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... Rou-Jia Sung, and Alexander F. Schier You"d think fish would not have that much on their minds to keep th...of mammals. The authors then engineered transgenic fish with a hypocretin promoter that could be induced by heat shock. Overexpression of the gene in zebraf......was being choked to death by seaweed although the fish was never previously known as a weed-eater. Sci...ver-fishing of weed-eaters like parrot and surgeon fish which normally keep the coral clean of weedy growth." Prof. Bellwood and colleagues Prof. Terry H...Climate change has surprising effect on endangered naked carp
...king study reveals an unanticipated way freshwater fish may respond to water diversion and climate change.... at only 30 percent of its capacity in lake-water fish compared to river-water fish. Ammonia-N secretion by the kidneys declines by a surprising 70 perce...2006 is banner year for discoveries of new species in Borneo's rainforests
..., described in a new WWF report, include 30 unique fish species, two tree frog species, 16 ginger species, three tree species and one large-leafed plant species. "The more we look the more we find," said Stuart Chapman, WWF International Coordinator of the Heart of Borneo Program. "These discoveries r...'Home run' study on spread of disease published
...as spread by migratory birds that ate the infected fish in Japan. The process shows that establishment of an invasive pest can lead to later establishment of disease organisms. Ryan F. Hechinger, a doctoral student at UCSB, explained how the parasitic flatworm, or trematode, castrates the snail, replac...Fish species plays surprise role in aiding coral reef recovery
...ameras. Remarkably, only two of the 27 herbivorous fish species present on the reefs had any significant impact on its recovery from algal overgrowth. What was most surprising was that the dominant browser was a rare batfish, a species previously thought to be an invertebrate feeder. Meanwhile, parrotfish...Phylonix awarded National Science Foundation Phase II SBIR for zebrafish screening
...parent animal. Compounds are added directly to the fish water and results are assessed in 4 to 7 days. Endpoints can be quantitated using comparatively high through-put scanning image analysis or microplate formats," McGrath continued. Currently, 85,000 industrial chemicals are manufactured each year in ...... produced many other species of animals, including fish and birds - also promises to shed new light on climate change in the Australasian region, recording a massive shift from a warm, wet phase to a much cooler and drier period. "This promises to be a richly rewarding fossil field and the heraldic discov...A fisheye view of the deadliest breast cancer
...likely yet extremely promising ally: a transparent fish suitable for xenografts. More properly, its a tr...t like us. Being immune suppressed, the transgenic fish allowed Konstantin Stoletov and colleagues at UCSD to insert a xenograft of human MDA breast cancer ...A window on the environment from Tahoe to the ocean
...k or ends early, ocean production dives, affecting fish and birds. Animals that move back and forth betwee...earch Center. And there are observations of birds, fish and other wildlife. Currently, some of that data is collected through cable and wireless links, so...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
... lobsters off the Madagascar coast, a US school of fish the size of Manhattan Island, and more unfamiliar ...ded more new than familiar species. Most Census fish counters' observation off the New Jersey coast of 20 million fish swarmed in a school the size of Ma...Small, smaller, smallest -- The plight of the vaquita
... Large-, medium- and small-mesh gillnets set for fish and shrimp entangle and kill vaquitas far too frequently. The best available quantitative estimate of bycatch refers to only one of the three main fishing ports: 39 vaquitas/yr (95% CI: 14, 93). Current population size could well be around 400 anima...Global warming is reducing ocean life, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, say scientists
...re. This in turn will reduce the food available to fish and other organisms, including marine birds and mammals, which are supported by the oceans food chain. Phytoplankton are responsible for about the same amount of photosynthesis each year as all the plants on land combined. Another disturbing resul...Study shows cats can succumb to feline Alzheimer's disease
...a cat owner sharing healthy meals like chicken and fish with their pet will benefit them both." Dr Frank Gunn-Moore, at the School of Biology, University of St Andrews, said: "This work relied on a team effort with the different skills and expertise from our different institutions. It has given us an in...Genetic archaeology offers clues to backstory of male pregnancy
...ysteries in the world of fish: How did a family of fish come to embrace male pregnancy" A new gene disco...arlin-Cognato said. "Why is this the only group of fish that exhibits male pregnancy" It's one of the more difficult phenomena to explain in evolutionary bi......close relatives, the primates, all the way down to fish and other slimy creatures. Over the past decade, this ladder has been challenged by claims of high intelligence and great social complexity in other animals. For example, spotted hyenas establish hierarchies in which dominant females support the rank...Special ES&T issue examines effects of emerging contaminants on people, planet
... ether) flame retardants amass in the top predator fish in the Great Lakes to the same extent as PCBs, a p...yproducts could impact key food source for shrimp, fish Byproducts produced during the manufacture of single-walled carbon nanotubes appear to have a dis...Stormy days ahead for coral reefs
...leaching"); and overfishing, which can deplete the fish that eat seaweeds and dead coral and keep the reef clear for the next generation of corals. "Regardless of whether we think of more severe storms as a looming threat or just the ramping up of a natural cycle, one thing is certain," says Dr Connol...Ancient predator had strongest bite of any fish, rivaling bite of large alligators and T. rex
...inch. Even more surprising is the fact that this fish could also open its mouth very quicklyin just one ...force, pulling fast prey into its mouth. Usually a fish has either a powerful bite or a fast bite, but not both. The most interesting part of this work ...BETHESDA, Md (Nov. 27, 2006) Two fish that share much in common genetically appear to ha...such disparate areas as muscle wasting disease and fish farming, a new study shows. The study in the November issue of the American Journal of Physiology-R...