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During the expedition, the research team also mapped several previously unexplored sites throughout the Southern Ocean and collected various samples of sediment, water, and biota for research purposes, NatGeo said.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 June 2025
During the expedition, researchers also collected sediment samples, water and biota samples throughout the Southern Ocean at depths of up to 13,000 feet and across abyssal plains, hydrothermal vents, troughs, canyon walls and sea ice, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota
As the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, Stephanie Edwards interacts with readers across Discover's social media channels and writes digital content.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025
However, the discovery of Dickinsonia, a now-iconic member of the Ediacaran biota and possibly the oldest macroscopic animal fossil recorded to date, challenges these notions and our understanding of evolution on Earth.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Promotes Digestive Health Fiber is crucial for a healthy gut biota.
—Melissa Porrey Lpc, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.
—Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
In time, however, the zone of habitability post-impact can increase, where new habitat is created within rocks and the subsurface for existing biota to colonize.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
This suggests there might be a critical window during which farmers could shape the rumen’s biota for the animal’s lifetime, says Morgavi, who adds that the study still needs to be validated by other groups and under other conditions.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 June 2025
During the expedition, researchers also collected sediment samples, water and biota samples throughout the Southern Ocean at depths of up to 13,000 feet and across abyssal plains, hydrothermal vents, troughs, canyon walls and sea ice, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota
As the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, Stephanie Edwards interacts with readers across Discover's social media channels and writes digital content.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025
However, the discovery of Dickinsonia, a now-iconic member of the Ediacaran biota and possibly the oldest macroscopic animal fossil recorded to date, challenges these notions and our understanding of evolution on Earth.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Promotes Digestive Health Fiber is crucial for a healthy gut biota.
—Melissa Porrey Lpc, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.
—Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
In time, however, the zone of habitability post-impact can increase, where new habitat is created within rocks and the subsurface for existing biota to colonize.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
This suggests there might be a critical window during which farmers could shape the rumen’s biota for the animal’s lifetime, says Morgavi, who adds that the study still needs to be validated by other groups and under other conditions.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
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biota
noun
bi·o·ta
bī-ˈōt-ə 
: the plants and animals of a region
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