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Study links seabird deaths to soap-like foam produced by red-tide algae

February 19, 2009

In late 2007, hundreds of dead and stranded seabirds washed up on the shores of Monterey Bay, their feathers saturated with water and coated with an unknown substance. After an intensive investigation, scientists determined that a massive "red tide" bloom of marine algae had produced a foamy soap-like substance that stripped the natural waterproofing from the birds' feathers.

Early whales gave birth on land

February 4, 2009

Two newly described fossil whales--a pregnant female and a male of the same species--reveal how primitive whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from land to sea.

Old men chasing young women: A good thing

September 13, 2007

It turns out that older men chasing younger women contributes to human longevity and the survival of the species, according to


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