Cuttings (short and sweet):
- Follow Katelyn Heman, a marine conservation biologist working at the Georgia Aquarium, on twitter!
- What this walking fish can teach us about evolution. By Sarah Gibbens, for National Geographic
- Fish forego sleep thanks to this molecule in their brain. From Nature’s Animal Behavior news.
- Microplastics pollute even the most remote parts of the ocean. By Sandra Laville, for the Guardian.
Spoils (long reads and deep dives):
- Protecting Panama’s humpback whales from ship collisions. By Mike Gaworecki, for MongaBay.
- Polar bears need disappearing sea ice in more ways than one. By Randall Hyman, for Oceans Deeply
- Marine microbes exchange fire with subcellular weapons. By Jennifer Frazer, for Scientific American.
- We’re climate researchers, and our work was turned into fake news. From the Conversation.
Please add your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!
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