Marine Biology
Breeding Nemo, Maine lab flourishes
Boston Globe
Soren Hansen’s first marine lab was in the closet of an apartment in Orono, Maine. Years later, his company, Sea & Reef, was one of only a few whose tropical saltwater fish are grown from eggs produced in captivity.
This Shrimp’s Got Rhythm
Science magazine
Yellow-beaked cleaner shrimp may not sing for their supper, but they’ll dance to get a meal, a new study suggests. The small crustaceans, which dine on parasites that infest large, predatory fish, use the dance to attract customers.
New Crab Trap Reduces Turtle Mortality By Almost 100 Percent, Study Finds
Ohio University
A new crab trap designed by Ohio University researchers has been shown to reduce the mortality rate of turtles accidentally caught in recreational traps by almost 100 percent while increasing the number of crabs caught.