Fossilized fish ear stones—known as otoliths—can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of paleontologists from the University of Vienna demonstrated that a refined ...

Thumbing through the West Australian catalogue of fish ear bones is a bit like looking at the abstract shapes in a modern art gallery. All fish have ear bones called otoliths to help them hear, ...

Fish have ears. They also have ear bones, known as otoliths. Recent research has focused on otoliths of fish from Australia’s inland waters. These unique structures act as a kind of scientific time ...

Climate change affects all life on Earth, but it poses unique challenges for aquatic species. For example, as water warms it holds less dissolved oxygen than cooler water. As a result, the world's ...

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Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San ...

Climate change affects all life on Earth, but it poses unique challenges for aquatic species. For example, as water warms it holds less dissolved oxygen than cooler water. As a result, the world’s ...