New research reveals that size-based selection, like in fishing, may impact the stress tolerance of fish, which in turn has a significant impact on the condition and coping of fish in changing ...

The capacity to detect and interpret the polarization of light provides aquatic organisms with a unique sensory advantage in complex underwater environments. This phenomenon, which extends beyond mere ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – While microplastics have received significant attention in recent years for their negative environmental impacts, a new study from Oregon State University scientists found ...

Strobilurin fungicides, widely applied in agriculture, have garnered increasing attention due to their unintended adverse effects on aquatic environments. These compounds, designed to inhibit fungal ...

In a study published in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, researchers from Hangzhou Normal University uncovered the adverse health effects of tire-wear particles (TWPs) on aquatic organisms.

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...

Certain drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients - including remdesivir, dexamethasone and antibiotics for associated bacterial infections - persist through wastewater treatment and may occur in ...

A new aquatic organism has been discovered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park from a wetland near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. It's a microscopic worm-like creature that feeds on algae and ...

Most animals require brains to run, jump or hop. The single-celled protozoan Euplotes eurystomus, however, achieves a scurrying walk using a simple, mechanical computer to coordinate its microscopic ...

Silver nanoparticles are increasingly being used in consumer products, such as clothing and personal care products, in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, and in the food industry. That is why ...