An alternative test is urgently needed to protect horseshoe crabs and the birds that depend on their eggs.
Tag: Fish and Other Marine Life
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They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?
Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act.
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Why This Trilobite Had Neptune’s Trident for a Nose
A new paper suggests an ancient creature’s odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom.
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Global Warming May Make You Miss These Parasites When They’re Gone
Warming temperatures in one part of the world seem to have driven down the parasite population, suggesting another unexpected way that climate change harms ecosystems.