Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts ...

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A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before whales existed, bone-eating worms were eating into the skeletons of mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs and ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

What are sea lice? Experts explain how to treat itchy, stinging rashes from the tiny sea creatures filling South Carolina ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

Fusulines thrived in cold seas but vanished twice when warming from volcanoes rapidly spiked ocean carbon levels.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...