The project comes at a perilous moment for these creatures. Since 2022, sea urchins have been plagued by a scuticociliate, a single-celled pathogen that eats away at the animals’ soft tissue and ...

Sarah Lee via Unsplash The ocean floor is home to a menagerie of odd and peculiar creatures. Now, armed with a remote controlled vehicle, researchers in the South China Sea have discovered another.

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

The ocean floor is home to a menagerie of odd and peculiar creatures. Now, armed with a remote controlled vehicle, researchers in the South China Sea have discovered another.

Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world's fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying ...

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Nature holds secrets to long life. Certain animals outlive humans by centuries. Rougheye rockfish lives over 200 years. Bowhead whales survive similar ...

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

Invasive species cost the North American economy $26 billion a year. By outcompeting local plants or animals, invaders reduce ...

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...