Cystisoma belong to a suborder of marine crustaceans called hyperiid amphipods, which live in every ocean, from just below the surface to right near the floor. The insect-like animals are masters ...

Habitat management for wood thrush and other species of concern. Additional focus areas include the rare amphipod species Gammarus and 12 regional stonefly species identified as top conservation ...

Scientists are interested in a species of shrimp capable of landing surprisingly powerful punches without hurting themselves. The peacock mantis shrimp is named for its colorful carapace and lives ...

The algae blooms and dies, falling to the bottom, where it fertilizes fine sediments perfect for growing amphipods. Those are tiny, fat-rich crustaceans that whales filter through their baleen ...

The Amphipod AirFlow Endurance Waistpack has a large, sturdy pocket and a good clasp that’s easy to fasten, and it absorbs moisture well. But we noticed the zipper was occasionally a little hard ...

For example, they saw amphipods, spoon worms, and snailfish. They also saw brightly colored rocky outcrops, which the team believes were created by microbes (recently, a Chinese team formally ...

Melting Arctic sea ice means less algae grows on the underside of the ice, which fertilizes the sea floor to support the fat-rich amphipods the whales depend on. Like all great whales, gray whales ...

Though high mercury and selenium concentrations are individually toxic to organisms, there is a hypothesized antagonistic relationship. This potential mercury–selenium interaction is under-studied in ...