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How Manta Rays Use Magnetic Fields to Navigate the Ocean and What Marine Research Reveals
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (662+ words) inkl How Manta Rays Use Magnetic Fields to Navigate the Ocean and What Marine Research Reveals The Animal That Reads the Earth A reef manta ray tagged off the Maldives in 2015 travelled over 1, 100 kilometres in a single migratory leg, crossing…...
How CRISPR Gene Editing Is Revolutionizing Genetic Disease Treatment
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1126+ words) Every person carries over 20, 000 genes that determine everything from eye color to susceptibility to certain illnesses. When even a single gene mutates, it can lead to inherited conditions that medicine has traditionally managed but rarely cured. In recent years, CRISPR…...
Seabirds struggled to raise chicks in the Hauraki Gulf this summer. What happened?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (900+ words) Some seabirds breeding in New Zealand's largest marine park struggled to raise chicks this summer, most likely because climate change is forcing them to travel too far in search of food. The Hauraki Gulf T'kapa Moana is a global hotspot…...
Tiny Fiddler crabs are hoovering up and breaking down microplastics, study finds
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (449+ words) Tiny crabs have secretly been playing an "unheralded role" in cleaning up the planet by hoovering up microplastics. A new study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, tracked a population of Fiddler crabs " which grow no bigger than the…...