Marine biology

Marine biology

Contributors in Marine biology

Marine biology

Some bony fishes use color for camouflage, but others, particularly those living in the tropics, are among the most brightly colored animals in the sea. The colored pigments in bony fishes are mostly ...

sea stars

Biology; Marine biology

Sea stars, sometimes called as starfishes have five arms that radiate from a central disk, though some have more than five, sometime close to 50. Hundreds of tube feet protrude from the oral surface ...

by-catch

Biology; Marine biology

It is the name given to undesired species that are caught while fishing for more valuable species.

bow riding

Biology; Marine biology

It is an activity carried out by dolphins in which they swim along the crests of waves in seas.

electrofishing

Biology; Marine biology

Electrofishing is the practice of feeding a weak electrical charge into the water to stun fish so that they become momentarily incapacitated and float to the surface, usually motionless. The fish are ...

puffer fish

Biology; Marine biology

The second most poisonous vertebrate on earth (the first one is golden dart Frog). The meat of some species is a delicacy in both Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok-uh) but the problem is that the ...