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A shark fin sticks out of the ice at a fish market.
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Small and easily stored, shark fins can be far more valuable than the rest of the animal’s carcass.

Combining fishing regulations and trade data reveals the complex global market for shark products

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Female-specific iridescent stripes in the skin of the common market squid

True Colors: Female Squid Have Two Ways to Switch Color
A fly consumes camphor-containing ice cream.

For Fruit Flies, Food Experience Can Alter Taste Preferences
fMRI connectivity results

Research Reveals Brain Connections Underlying Accurate Introspection
2013 Global Scores for the Ocean Health Index

2013 Ocean Health Index Shows Food Provision Is an Area of Great Concern

NCEAS Documents Intangible Effects of Nature on Well-Being

Researcher Reveals the Brain Connections Underlying Accurate Introspection

UC Santa Barbara to Host the Third Central Coast Sustainability Summit on October 23

High Tech in the High Sierra

New Grant Supports Research on Infectious Disease Transmission
The winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, Francois Englert, left, and Peter Higgs.

US Scientists Celebrate Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery

New Tool for Studying Membrane Protein Structure

Plant Specimens Go Digital
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