University of Wyoming faculty member Sarah Collins, who passed away in October following a courageous battle with cancer, has ...

Our understanding of which aquatic species produce sounds just took a big step forward. Scientists have created an inventory of species confirmed or expected to produce sound underwater. Scientists ...

Aquatic and fisheries science is the study of aquatic ecosystems to increase scientific understanding and to apply this knowledge to their management and conservation, thereby sustaining them for ...

The goal of this chapter is to explain the need to consider proposed restoration projects in their landscape and watershed contexts on a scale appropriate to the needs of affected plant and animal ...

Occasionally in science there are theories that refuse to die despite the overwhelming evidence against them. The “aquatic ape hypothesis” is one of these, now championed by Sir David Attenborough in ...

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Millions of years ago, aquatic sloths roamed shallow waters off the coast of modern-day Chile and Peru. These now-extinct swimmers had highly dense bones that facilitated their transition from land to ...

I first learned of Elaine Morgan and the aquatic ape theory from a botanist. He had seen a television special on the theory and briefly followed up with a search of the scientific literature, but ...

There's a fresh coat of bright blue paint on the doors and walls, a giant aquarium with two turtles in the foyer and a new sign out front. Children returning today to what is now called Carstens ...