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French mother and Black American father, kidnapped in infancy and raised as a live-in servant in a Swiss family; at 16, Daniel Pauly, ‘The Ocean’s Whistleblower’ escaped Germany and made a massive database covering 36,000+ fish speciesDaniel Pauly was born in Paris and faced numerous hardships, including being raised in Switzerland without parental love. After fleeing his...
No need to avoid tuna over parasite reports from Brazil, says governmentConsumers in India are advised to continue consuming tuna and other commercially available fish amid parasitic infection reports. Reports f...
IIT Delhi develops India's first indigenously designed micro Graphics Processing UnitIndian Institute of (IIT) Delhi studetns developed the country's first working micro Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The micro-GPU archit...
In 2003, Florida reused 6,000 tons of concrete rubble in Pensacola Bay: The material helped build a 7-acre oyster reef, and seagrass later spread to 2.5 acresDowntown Pensacola has witnessed an inspiring transformation through Project GreenShores, which repurposed recycled concrete rubble into a ...
Oysters disappeared from Ireland's Dublin Bay for 200 years; now 18,000 of them are restoring water purity and reducing coastal erosionOysters are more than fine dining choices; they can also restore ecosystems and purify water. After disappearing from Dublin Bay for over 2...
Nilekani-backed Apurva.ai turns AI tool Lens into knowledge-sharing platform for development sectorApurva Lens was built to help the development sector make sense of knowledge that typically stays siloed across research, evaluations, prog...
Florida doesn't know where invasive giant Burmese pythons are hiding in the Everglades. So scientists are following the malesIn Florida, scientists are cleverly using male Burmese pythons equipped with transmitters to track down their breeding groups. These males ...
New Orleans is turning discarded bottles into coastal sand. Crushed glass is now helping rebuild shrinking wetlandsNew Orleans is using crushed glass to build new islands and strengthen wetlands. This innovative approach tackles waste and coastal erosion...
Tiny shrimp-like creatures are moving 110 pounds of sand per meter of California beach every day, scientists say they may be reshaping the coastTiny sand hoppers on California beaches are doing far more than feeding on washed-up kelp. New research found the shrimp-like creatures can...
In just decades, the world's fourth-largest lake vanished and became a 23,000-sq-mile desert. Now millions of shrubs are bringing hope backThe Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, dramatically shrank after Soviet irrigation diverted its rivers. Today, Kazakhstan is r...
In 2022, researchers found that salt levels within water-quality guidelines could still damage lake food webs; tiny algae-eating animals were vulnerableA recent international study reveals that current salt limits for freshwater lakes are inadequate. Zooplankton populations significantly de...
In 2019, 2 beavers were released in Yorkshire’s Cropton Forest. 5 years later, 6 dams are slowing floodwaters and reviving wildlifeA five-year experiment in North Yorkshire shows how beavers can reshape ecosystems while helping manage floodwater. Two beavers built six d...
Since 2017, a dolphin called Bubbles has been seen near Lady Elliot Island; from 2021 to 2025, researchers documented him chasing fish until they regurgitated foodBubbles, a wild bottlenose dolphin, has captivated researchers with his peculiar technique of fishing off the coast of Lady Elliot Island, ...
Coral reef thought to be dead for 60 years found alive off Africa's Benin coast. Scientists spot fish and coral deep underwaterScientists have rediscovered a coral reef off Benin that was first reported in the 1960s but was believed to be dead. Using modern sonar an...
A British zoologist was denied an entomology job because she was a woman; in 1945, at just 24, she went alone to a landlocked African nation and helped transform the study of tropical tilapia, one of the world’s most consumed fishRosemary Lowe-McConnell's journey into ichthyology began when she was rejected for an entomology job, leading her to study Malawi's freshwa...
How Southern New England wind turbines are turning into artificial reefs where crabs thrive?Once they reach the end stage of their lives, wind turbines could become home to various marine life. Recent reports suggest that wind turb...
In 2008, Virginia began paying fishermen to pull ‘ghost traps’ from Chesapeake Bay; six years of cleanup helped unlock an estimated $21 million in extra crab catchesVirginia's six-year program removed thousands of lost crab pots from Chesapeake Bay. This cleanup effort generated an estimated $21.3 milli...
Canadian researchers turn fish bones and guts into eco-friendly, biodegradable plastic: ‘All you need is 1 gram of fish oil…’Who knew that fish heads and bones (and guts) have more use than being mere cat food? A group of researchers in Canada has found a techniqu...
In 1998, scientists sent 4 pregnant swordtail fish and 200 babies into space; near the end of the mission, the fish suddenly began swimming in continuous loopsIn an unprecedented experiment in 1998, swordtail fish were launched into orbit on the space shuttle Endeavor to explore how life persists ...
In 1985, Broward County sank a DC-4 off Fort Lauderdale in 71 feet of water; the wreck later became a monitored artificial reefIn Florida, officials purposefully submerge items like airplanes to establish artificial reefs. These underwater structures not only form n...