Two pioneering studies by researchers from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University, led by Dr. Omri Bronstein, have identified the primary drivers of ...

Biologists thought that marine heat waves lowered urchin reproduction only at lethal temperatures. A new study shows reproductive shutdown even earlier. Sea urchins are a key but often destructive ...

TOKYO -- As sushi lovers around the world acquire a taste for sea urchin, two small Japanese companies have developed creative cultivation methods to ride the wave of rising demand.

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. “This is what the end of the world looks like,” says Yusup Kamalov, sweeping his hand toward the scrub-covered desert ...

The world’s oceans are running a fever—sea surface temperatures have been record-breakingly hot in the past few months. Scientists think a looming El Niño weather pattern may be partially to blame, ...

China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea has steadily increased, resulting in heightened tensions with Southeast Asian claimant states, particularly the Philippines, at the Second Thomas Shoal in ...

The FAA’s new guidelines will require airlines to cut up to 10% of flights nationwide, with Sea-Tac expecting around 130 cancellations per day. Donald Trump pardoning Republicans sentenced to prison ...