Article: Ice fish okay?(Worldwatch)(Antarctic fish withstand warmer water temperatures)(Brief Article)

Article: Tough skin, not antifreeze, helps baby Antarctic ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 21, 2006 ;     674 words ... ... Illinois biology professor, discovered in the 1960s that Antarctic fish survive icy waters because of antifreeze proteins in their ... environment is so cold and food so scarce, life for an Antarctic fish unfolds slowly, Cziko said. Especially for the dragonfish ...

Article: Warships and planes hunt Antarctic fish raiders
The Independent - London;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... surveillance planes aloft to stop an international fleet of ships poaching the prized toothfish. Strict controls were imposed on Antarctic fish resources last year under a 23-nation Antarctic fisheries control agreement, known as the Convention for the Conservation ...

Article: Seals aid U. Texas researchers studying Antarctic ...
University Wire;  January 23, 2002 ;     541 words ... ... University of Texas and two other institutions enlisted the help of 15 seals to perform groundbreaking research on two species of Antarctic fish. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the research team consists of faculty from University of Texas, Texas A ...

Article: First evidence that ozone hole harms Antarctic fish
Sea Technology;  April 1, 1997 ;     394 words ... ... ultraviolet light (UVB) damages the DNA of animals in a natural population in Antarctica-the eggs and larvae of icefish, an Antarctic fish lacking hemoglobin. The ozone hole opens up over Antarctica every southern spring, letting more UVB from the sun penetrate ...

Article: ANTARCTIC FISH SPAWN BOSTON BIOTECH COMPANY; FIRM ...
PR Newswire;  October 25, 1994 ;     700+ words ...BOSTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A/F Protein, Inc., a private Boston- based company, announced today the issuance of a patent for a family of proteins to preserve human and animal cells under frozen conditions, as well as pave the way for such novel uses as preventing ice cream from crystallizing

Article: Antarctic fish study may aid cardiac research.
Health & Medicine Week;  April 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ...2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A species of fish that lives in Antarctic waters may hold clues to climate change and lead to advances in heart medicine. Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are investigating the behavior and physiology

Article: A cool story about an antarctic fish.(Science in ...
Highlights for Children;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The key word is ice. That describes the ocean around the edges of Antarctica. Far from land, a giant shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf, a jumble of crushed ice and slush provides a home to a world of algae and tiny animals. In that icy soup there also lives a small fish,