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marine biology

Hundreds of dead crabs on the beach at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool in 2021 https://twitter.com/12BBYTHESEASIDE/status/1452164992845983744 Paul Grainger (permissions granted)

Environment

What’s causing a mass die-off of crabs on the UK coast?

A new study points to pyridine pollution as the most likely culprit behind the deaths of crustaceans, with dredging in the river Tees a possible source

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TOP IMAGE - Jason deCaires Taylor, Rubicon, 2016. Picture credit: @jasondecairestaylor(page 181) Stainless steel, pH-neutral cement, basalt and aggregates,installation view, Museo Atl?ntico, Las Coloradas, Lanzarote, Atlantic Ocean

Humans

Art of the ocean: How artists have depicted the marine world

Regulars

Illustration of a ribosome

Life

Self-replicating protein factories are a step towards artificial life

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aerial view of a Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). reefs of the Sea of Cortez, Pacific ocean. Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The world's aquarium.; Shutterstock ID 623521508; purchase_order: 10 Sept 2022 issue; job: Photo; client: NS; other:

Life

Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them

Culture

Megalodon

Life

Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites

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Indo-Pacific sponge Chelonaplysilla sp.

Life

Sponges can ‘sneeze’ and other sea creatures eat their mucus

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Five green slender pitcher plants are suspended on vines

Life

Pitcher plants use raindrop impacts to fling insects into their trap

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3D shape of a protein

Life

AlphaFold: Why DeepMind’s protein-folding AI is transformational

Analysis

Fin whale in front of iceberg

Life

Southern fin whales have recovered to large numbers in the Antarctic

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A snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) at night

Life

Snapping shrimps have helmets to ward off shock waves from their claws

Snapping shrimps seem immune to the shock waves their claws produce to kill or stun other animals – and it is all thanks to their head gear

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Mind

How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories

Features

Life

Australian seagrass has cloned itself to cover 180 kilometres of coast

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Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Features

Life

Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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