In this Wonder of the DayR, we learn about why flamingos are pink. Students have the opportunity to explore the Wonder either as a class or individually. With suggestions for different age groups, Wonder #1 has an activity to engage students with drawing, writing description, or both. 

, We will learn about why flamingos are pink. Students have the opportunity to explore as a class or individually. With suggestions for different age groups. This resource has some activities to engage students with drawing, writing descriptions, or both. 

In this Wonder of the DayR, we learn about why flamingos are pink. Students have the opportunity to explore the Wonder either as a class or individually. With suggestions for different age groups, Wonder #1 has an activity to engage students with drawing, writing description, or both. 

These images from the Smithsonian Institution depict Nancy Knowlton's work with snapping shrimp in Panama. Knowlton found that the closing of the isthmus -- dividing the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean -- resulted in new species of shrimp.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is an important bacterial disease of shrimp caused by some Vibrio species and has severe negative impacts on shrimp aquaculture globally. Antibiotics are commonly used prophylactically against such diseases but can cause bacterial antibiotic resistance and microbiome impairment. Given the risk of antibiotics to human and environmental health, the application of probiotics is a promising approach, but whether these probiotics affect the shrimp gut microbiome remains unknown. Recently, researchers examined how the shrimp gastrointestinal microbiota responded to the ILI strain, a Vibrio strain that also serves as an effective shrimp probiotic. The ILI strain was effective not only in preventing AHPND and promoting shrimp survival but also in maintaining a healthy gut microbiome..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Both free-living and symbiotic chemosynthetic microbes are critical to the health of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems. A complex symbiotic microbe community lives in the cephalothorax of the shrimp Rimicaris exoculata, which thrives in diverse vent environments. However, the taxonomic and functional diversity of this community is not fully characterized, and how the microbes contribute to the shrimp’s success in vent colonization remains to be further studied. In a recent study, researchers used shotgun metagenomics to reconstruct and study symbiotic bacterial genomes in shrimp specimens from three vent fields with different geochemical characteristics. Forty-nine metagenome-assembled genomes were successfully reconstructed for shrimps from two of the fields. The communities were complex, and many microbes were shared between fields. However, behind an apparent functional redundancy, co-existing strains showed differences, highlighting niche partitioning between symbionts..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

They have big, sharp teeth, long eel-like bodies, and they look like they could bite your fingers right off‰ŰÓbut Jonathan can pet them. They‰ŰŞre Wolffish, and in this video Jonathan visits both Atlantic and Pacific species. You won‰ŰŞt believe the amazing encounters he has with these friendly but mean-looking fish. Please see the accompanying study guide for educational objectives and discussion points.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"For ages, disease detectives have been guided by the principle that any illness can be traced back to a single pathogen, Origin Koch’s postulates (a pathogen, a disease). But scientific evidence is revealing many exceptions to that rule. Many complex diseases in human and animals, in fact, could have multifactorial aetiology. including disruptions to the microbial communities that make up the intestinal microbiota. Researchers recently investigated this link in shrimp to determine the origins of a disease known as white feces syndrome, or WFS. the most lethal disorder affecting shrimp production today. Comprehensive multi-omics analyses revealed dramatic differences between the microbiota of healthy shrimp and shrimp with WFS. Diseased shrimp showed both lower microbial richness and lower microbial diversity. These changes compromised the shrimp’s ability to breakdown and absorb nutrients. The findings could help farmers find ways to preserve shrimp numbers ..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.