Reef fish, such as emperors, tropical snappers, and rockcods, help keep numbers of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish in check on the Great Barrier Reef. Reef fish,…
Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers (3,820 miles) of new Pacific salmon habitat by the year…
Acoustic tools reveal hotspots of ocean life in scattered places. Ocean predators cannot survive on average concentrations of food found in the water. Instead, they…
New research explores animals’ visual rhythms during the Arctic polar night. Around 11:30 a.m. or so, you might find yourself hankering for lunch. The reason…
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life. These vents belch scorching hot fluids…
Industrial fishing over the past century appears to have broken a law of nature. Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from…
Climate change is altering familiar conditions of the world’s oceans and creating new environments that could undermine efforts to protect sea life in the world’s…
A new international study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) has examined the distribution…
A new study by researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University reveals that penis worms (Priapulida) invented the ‘hermit’ lifestyle, some 500 million years ago,…
Australia’s oceans are home to a startling array of biodiversity — whales, dolphins, dugongs, and more. But not all components of Aussie marine life are…
Research on whale feeding highlights how the precipitous decline of large marine mammals has negatively impacted the health and productivity of ocean ecosystems. From 1910…
Recovery of baleen whales to pre-whaling levels could restore lost ocean function and may help curb climate change. New research co-authored by Nicholas Pyenson, curator of…
Plankton eaters play key role in transferring offshore resources to coral reef ecosystems. A new analysis suggests that the movement of plankton and plankton-eating fish…
The world’s largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a plankton-loving giant that can be found alone or in groups in all tropical oceans….
How a deadly land fungus began killing marine mammals in the Salish Sea. In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people…
Spencer Gulf in South Australia hosts the world’s largest cuttlefish mass spawning event. Each winter from May to August, thousands of Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) make…
A sweeping analysis of marine fossils from most of the past half-billion years shows the usual rules of body size evolution change during mass extinctions…
Hungry microbes found responsible for stealing from Shedd Aquarium’s animals. For months, veterinarians put medicine into the animals’ quarantine habitats at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ensuring…
