Nov 22 2010

3,000-Year-Old Trumpet Played Again

Tag: Acoustics,Ancient Civilizations,Crustaceans,Human Behavior,Music,Musicians and Bands — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:14 pm
Scientists analyze tunes from 3,000-year-old conch-shell instruments for insight into pre-Inca civilization.

Aug 31 2010

Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs

Tag: Animals,Climate Change,Crustaceans,Marine Life,Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:41 pm
American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame.

Jul 15 2010

Shrimp on Antidepressants Not So Happy

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Crustaceans,Current Events,Fish,Food,Health,Marine Life,Oceans,Wildlife Conservation — Teresa Shipley @ 2:27 pm
Shrimp exposed to antidepressants are inadvertently taking on suicidal tendencies.

May 25 2010

Hundreds of Discarded Toilets and Tires Discovered at a California Reef

Tag: Animals,Crime, Law and Justice,Crustaceans,Current Events,Fish,Human Behavior,Humans,Marine Life,Oceans,Weird News,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 2:40 pm
Hundreds of discarded toilets and tires have been found at a reef populated by fish, lobsters and sea urchins.

May 11 2010

World’s Best Animal Jumper Identified

Tag: Crustaceans,Marine Life,Ocean Animals,Oceanography,Oceans — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:01 pm
Copepods may be small, but their tiny leg muscles generate the most forceful leaps in the world.

Apr 15 2010

Presenting…Isopod Woodlice

Tag: Crustaceans,Video,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 3:11 pm
Naturalist Mark Fraser shows us a crustacean that lives right in most of our backyards: isopod woodlice.

Mar 15 2010

Shrimp Dinner Found Beneath Antarctic Ice

Tag: Antarctica,Crustaceans,Jellyfish,NASA — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:30 pm
Higher orders of life can apparently thrive in even the most extreme environments.
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