Vendors offer everything from traditional Hawaiian treats like butter mochi (a sweet, dense dessert made with coconut and rice flour) to Japanese-influenced spam musubi (a handheld delight of rice, ...

Internal clocks can tick very differently. While some people are most productive in the morning, others are only active later in the day or at night. This phenomenon is known in science and medicine ...

The pattern of tropical-ocean warming can also affect regional climate in distant parts of the globe. Here we consider the example of tropical cyclones. Storm development is influenced by the local ...

A third dead thresher shark found on Cape Cod within two weeks, as rapidly cooling bay waters and the Cape’s shape create a deadly migration trap.

"Cape Cod’s unique shape and position on the coast essentially turns it into a fish weir, directing species into the bay where they become trapped. Unfortunately, unlike the cold stunned turtles that ...

Abstract: Wild fish recognition is a fundamental problem of ocean ecology research and contributes to the understanding of biodiversity. Given the huge number of wild fish species and unrecognized ...

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