Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to ...

Scientists have known for decades that soaring atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions are causing changes in ocean chemistry, ...

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

Scientists have reportedly found giant viruses in the depths of oceans across the world. In a study published in Nature npj ...

UNESCO’s Environmental DNA (eDNA) Expeditions is a global citizen science initiative aimed at advancing knowledge of marine biodiversity and the impacts of climate change on the distribution patterns ...

Recent investigations have significantly advanced our understanding of biofluorescence across a range of organisms. In marine ecosystems, studies of luminous fishes have revealed complex endocrine ...