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Integration of Dissimilar Senses

Voyage to the bottom of the sea, or simply look along the bottom of a clear stream and you may spy lobsters or crayfish waving their antennae. Look closer, and you will see them feeling around with their legs and flicking their antennules – the small, paired sets of miniature feelers at the top of their heads between the long antennae.

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DNA analysis suggests under-reported kills of threatened whales

A new study analyzing whale meat sold in Korean markets suggests the number of whales being sold for human consumption in the Asian country is much higher than that being reported to the International Whaling Commission - putting threatened populations of coastal minke whales further at risk.

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Researchers find new species of sea anemone

Researchers cruising for creatures that live in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean found a new species of sea anemone living in the unlikeliest of habitats - the carcass of a dead whale.

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New marine species discovered in eastern Pacific

Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific-approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the Eastern Pacific, a unique, understudied region off the coast of Panama.

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New group of algae discovered: Picobiliphytes

'Picobiliphytes: A marine picoplanktonic algal group with unknown affinities to other Eukaroytes,' Science, Vol. 316

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Ocean temperature predicts spread of marine species

Scientists can predict how the distance marine larvae travel varies with ocean temperature - a key component in conservation and management of fish, shellfish and other marine species - according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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