Shellfish are extremely important to various ocean ecosystems globally, yet they are some of the most overlooked species. One example is the Atlantic giant cockle, which feeds on plankton, helping to ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

A deep‑sea mission off Argentina captured a rare phantom jellyfish and revealed the largest‑known Bathelia candida reef and major cold‑seep habitats.

Rising Co2 levels in oceans pose threat to ecosystem, sea life worldwide. Aug. 22, 2008— -- Under the vast, trackless surface of the ocean, scientists have discovered a monster of a problem, ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of ...

Common ocean bacteria struggle to divide when conditions change, reshaping how warming seas affect ecosystems.

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A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

A NASA satellite image of the ash plume off of the California coast following the start of multiple Los Angeles area wildfires during CalCOFI’s sampling mission. (Photo courtesy of Julie Dinasquet) ...

There’s always some controversy over ocean plastic — such as who is responsible for it and what to do about it — but everyone agrees that plastic doesn’t belong in the ocean. Or do they? I was floored ...