Lobsters life work for Maine scientist
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The tide is dead low as Diane Cowan lifts seaweed-covered rocks at dawn's first light, something she's done for more than a decade as a way to monitor Maine's most valuable fishery.
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Scientific studies on deep sea vents may not be as damaging to a unique shrimp species as previously feared.
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Crabs' urine and changes in snails' sex hormones are helping UK scientists to monitor the environment.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined. At one site, nearly 2 miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The genetics pioneer sails the Sorcerer II, a 95-foot, 10-year-old sloop loaded with luxuries and scientific equipment. It's valued at over $5 million.
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Crabs' excretions are among the novel research tools being developed in the UK.
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KITTERY, Maine - A Vermont man took home the top prize in a lobster-eating contest by devouring 19 of the crustaceans in 35 minutes.  Barry "Tink" Giddings of Chester, Vt., won the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant's third annual lobster-eating competition.
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BOSTON - Last week, Dan Holmes was a couple of miles off Wood End Lighthouse in Provincetown and had already hauled up 80 of his 300 lobster pots when he saw something coming up in a trap.
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WASHINGTON - Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined.  At one site, nearly two miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit.
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For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments or life. Just about everywhere they look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.
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Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined. At one site, nearly 2 miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit. Water surrounding the site was a chilly 36 degrees.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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Science & environment: Italian scientist takes vital step towards building a living organism from scratch.
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WASHINGTON - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Maine $239,020 for environmental research, according to U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins.
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on software that will get to know you as well as your best mate - and even offers you advice.
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Jon-Paul Bingham puts his life on the line every week for the sake of science. One wrong move, and he could become the hapless victim of a snail attack that could kill him.