Why are swimming shorts called 'trunks'?
The word 'trunk' comes from Old French derived from the Latin truncus, meaning the main stem of a tree. This sense is directly related to its use to describe the human body.
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The word 'trunk' comes from Old French derived from the Latin truncus, meaning the main stem of a tree. This sense is directly related to its use to describe the human body.
An astounding number of Alaskan snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea over the last several years, and scientists say they've finally discovered why. A new paper published...
The population of snow crabs in the Bering Sea has crashed since 2018, probably due to starvation as a result of a marine heatwave
In the eastern Bering Sea, the snow crab population plummeted after a marine heat wave in 2018. The crabs may have starved, a new study finds.
The plainfin midshipman helps researchers see what’s going on far below the surface, without having to go there themselves. The latest findings give ecologists reasons to worry