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 ...

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

Climate change may be increasing the spread of a neurotoxin, methylmercury, in the ocean. A recent study at Umeå University (Sweden) has revealed that climate-driven oxygen loss in the Black Sea ...

The understanding of jellyfish ecology has broadened considerably in recent years, reshaping our perceptions of marine ecosystems. Once deemed trophic dead ends with minimal influence, jellyfish are ...

As oceans warm, marine predators are increasingly forced to eat smaller prey, leaving them working harder for less energy.

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

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

Fewer people have been to the deepest parts of the ocean than have walked on the surface of the moon. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Transformational Play are hoping a virtual ...

This exhibit highlights the beauty and diversity of ecosystems in the ocean, noting the importance and fundamental roles played by ocean ecosystems for all life on earth and reflecting the impetus to ...