Articles about 'Marine Biological Laboratory'

Ageing cuttlefish can remember the details of last week’s dinner

18 August 2021

Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific things happened – right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found.

Cuttlefish show their intelligence by snubbing sub-standard snacks

03 March 2021

A study has found that cuttlefish can pass a fishy version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those that can delay gratification the longest are the most intelligent.

Adult skates can spontaneously repair cartilage injuries

12 May 2020

Researchers have found that adult skates have the ability to spontaneously repair injured cartilage, using a type of cartilage stem cell. Human cartilage has very limited capacity for repair, and the finding may lead to new stem cell treatments for human cartilage injuries.

Sonic hedgehog gene provides evidence that our limbs may have evolved from sharks’ gills

19 April 2016

Latest analysis shows that human limbs share a genetic programme with the gills of cartilaginous fishes such as sharks and skates, providing evidence to support a century-old theory on the origin of limbs that had been widely discounted.

Articles about 'Marine Biological Laboratory'

Ageing cuttlefish can remember the details of last week’s dinner

Cuttlefish show their intelligence by snubbing sub-standard snacks

Adult skates can spontaneously repair cartilage injuries

Sonic hedgehog gene provides evidence that our limbs may have evolved from sharks’ gills

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