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

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon’s “humongous fungus” was considered the world’s largest organism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beneath the waters of the West Sea (WPS) and Benham Rise, scientists have discovered wide swathes of diverse soft corals.1 ...

Marine heat waves are spreading around the world June 9, 2025 Updated Mon., June 9, 2025 at 8:50 p.m. A humpback whale named Festus was found dead in June 2016 near the mouth of Glacier Bay, Alaska.

These included calls to “acknowledge the deep ocean’s critical role, and the scale of what we still do not know” and to “pause potentially risky interventions” until those uncertainties are reduced.

All dolphins have been relocated from Gulf World Marine Park following five deaths and public outcry over conditions. Four dolphins were moved to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, while seven went to ...