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

Before the rise of dinosaurs, Earth was a vastly different place, teeming with life in forms that were strange and unlike ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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 ...