Hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface, somewhere between the dark ocean floor and the bright blue shallows, lies the twilight zone. It’s a world of the unknown, but in some tropical and ...

One of Earth's largest habitats could see its rich diversity of life reduced by the end of the century due to the climate crisis. One of Earth's largest habitats could see its rich diversity of life ...

One of Earth’s largest habitats could see its rich diversity of life reduced by the end of the century due to the climate crisis. The ocean’s mesopelagic zone, also called the “twilight zone,” is ...

Scientists produced the most complete catalog of marine microbe DNA yet, including data from the deeper zones of the oceans. Rowan Coe via Getty Images As of Tuesday, scientists around the world have ...

A particularly large hypoxic zone in the Pacific Ocean has experts concerned for the future of oceanic ecosystems in the face of climate change. “It’s one of the horsemen of climate change in the sea, ...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 35 (August 27, 2019), pp. 17187-17192 (6 pages) ...

Boaters have been asked to slow down after North Atlantic right whales were spotted near Ocean City, Maryland, in late November. The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

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