Research Highlights

2023

• Plant life determines soil bacteria diversity in the Arctic tundra　June 24, 2023

2022

• Seal whiskers, the secret weapon for hunting　June 14, 2022

2021

• Melting Arctic glaciers see drop in fungi biodiversity　March 31, 2022
• Antarctic oceanographers use seals to do research where ships fear to go　January 7, 2022
• United Nations sea treaty should help protect penguins, researchers say　December 10, 2021
• Scientists deploy albatrosses to track plastic pollution　August 6, 2021
• Elephant seal diving mystery solved: 24-hour feeding could be climate change sentinel　June 28, 2021
• New marine scale worm species first to provide evidence of male dwarfism　June 7, 2021
• Psychological forest: What trees reveal about Antarctic researchers　March 30, 2021

2020

• Mystery of Siberian freshwater seal food choice solved　November 27, 2020
• Birds of a feather flock together, but timing depends on typhoons　August 27, 2020
• Biologists discover new species of sea worm in the Southern Ocean　August 17, 2020
• Antarctic penguins happier with less sea ice　June 25, 2020

2019

• Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier　January 16, 2019

2018

• Dominance shift from macroalgae to corals across Japanese coastal communities: roles of climate change, ocean currents and herbivory　August 21,2018
• A plant pathogen affects carbon dynamics in the Arctic ecosystem　May 14, 2018

2017

• Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species – insights from predator-borne videos　September 29, 2017
• Two New Species of Fungus Discovered for the First Time in the History of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition　March 31, 2017
• Mycoflora changes in areas of deglaciation　March 31, 2017

2016

• [Research Highlight] Migration ranges of flying birds depend on body size and flight style　November 1, 2016
• [Research Highlight] Great hammerhead sharks swim on their sides to reduce energy expenditure　October 13, 2016
• [Research Highlight] Antarctic yeast's survival strategies: consuming energy to prevent from intracellular freezing　October 13, 2016

2014

• Penguins forage optimally as classic theory predicts　January 29, 2014

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