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 ...

10 more episodes of deep-sea silliness! Includes Shanghaied," Gary Takes a Bath," Hooky," Life of Crime," Pickles," No Free Rides," Sailor Mouth," No Weenies Allowed," Jellyfish Jam" and The Algae's ...

We dig up five Spongebob secrets that Nickelodeon definitely wants forgotten. As California highway slides toward sea, the fix will take billions 11-year-old killed in road rage shooting on the way to ...

Israeli scientists pioneer way to monitor sea urchins as die-offs threaten coral reefs worldwide Sea urchins play a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of coral reef ecosystems by feeding ...

SANTA CRUZ — In the past, UC Santa Cruz’s Performance, Play and Design Department has put on productions that deal with adult themes, and that will certainly be true of this quarter’s play which ...

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, ...

Covered in lush fur, the thickest in the animal kingdom, sea otters can live their entire lives in the ocean, feeding heavily upon seafloor animals such as shellfish and crustaceans. Eelgrass meadows ...

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 ...