/tags/marine-life Marine Life en-US Copyright Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:10:50 GMT /environment/2024-02-02/marine-mammal-strandings-north-carolina-coast-cause Marine mammal experts on North Carolina’s coast want to combat misinformation about the cause of strandings. It comes after two sperm whales were stranded and died along the state’s coast in December. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:10:50 GMT /environment/2024-02-02/marine-mammal-strandings-north-carolina-coast-cause Sophie Mallinson /environment/2021-06-21/wnc-jellyfish-biologist-campaigns-for-high-seas A local biologist who's been making waves for her research into jellyfish that reside in freshwater ecosystems, including some here in Western North... Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:26:43 GMT /environment/2021-06-21/wnc-jellyfish-biologist-campaigns-for-high-seas Helen Chickering /2020-08-13/everyone-needs-a-buddy-even-sharks Contrary to the image of sharks as lone predators, new research has found evidence that some species are social creatures who return repeatedly to the same fellow sharks, often for years. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:47:39 GMT /2020-08-13/everyone-needs-a-buddy-even-sharks Christopher Intagliata, Apoorva Mittal /environment/2020-06-25/dolphins-learn-foraging-tricks-from-each-other-not-just-from-mom Scientists have found that dolphins learn a neat trick to trap fish by watching their close associates do it. This means that dolphins aren't just motivated to learn from their mothers. Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:00:00 GMT /environment/2020-06-25/dolphins-learn-foraging-tricks-from-each-other-not-just-from-mom Nell Greenfieldboyce /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /science-technology/2018-07-30/meet-underwater-biologist-sonke-johnsen Sönke Johnsen was always driven by art. As a youth he captured documentary photos on the streets of Pittsburgh and developed them in a homemade dark room.… Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:00:00 GMT /science-technology/2018-07-30/meet-underwater-biologist-sonke-johnsen Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-07-30/meet-underwater-biologist-sonke-johnsen Sönke Johnsen was always driven by art. As a youth he captured documentary photos on the streets of Pittsburgh and developed them in a homemade dark room.… Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-07-30/meet-underwater-biologist-sonke-johnsen Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /environment/2014-09-17/gulf-of-mexico-sharks-are-shrinking-fast-unc-study Over the past 30 years, the size of sharks in the Gulf of Mexico has been shrinking. Drastically. Some sharks are 70 percent smaller.The findings come… Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:27:24 GMT /environment/2014-09-17/gulf-of-mexico-sharks-are-shrinking-fast-unc-study Eric Mennel, Phoebe Judge /business-economy/2014-04-01/federal-cuts-could-close-115-year-old-beaufort-marine-lab If Congress passes the president's proposed 2015 budget, North Carolina's coast could lose a century-old marine lab.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric… Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:05:20 GMT /business-economy/2014-04-01/federal-cuts-could-close-115-year-old-beaufort-marine-lab Rebecca Martinez