During July 4th weekend, manatees made a patriotic appearance on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.^1,2

For centuries, mercury has been used in thermometers for reading our body temperatures, but now we measure mercury levels to see if seafood is safe to eat.^1-4 If you are hungry for fish, maybe trout would be a good choice.¹

Swedish researchers have recently reported some newly documented “paths of the seas”^1,2 thanks to some helpful (and high-tech) Weddell seals, plus some satellite-linked “glider” robots.^3-5

Dolphins—like other cetaceans such as whales, wholphins, and porpoises—are highly intelligent marine mammals, capable of astonishing feats. A recent University of Leeds study, led by Sonja Wild, adds to what we humans have learned about what and how dolphins learn.^1,2

Dolphins catch fish as prey by a mix of programmed instincts and learning.^3,4

A complex metabolic process called Chaperone-Mediated-Autophagy (CMA) was thought to be a recent evolutionary development in land vertebrates as it was only previously documented in mammals and birds. Now it has been found to be fully operational in fish—once again demonstrating that a lack of human knowledge is not evidence for evolution.¹