A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- A man has been arrested for his alleged role in polluting Mulat Bayou in Santa Rosa County. Kip Walker, 53, of Gulf Breeze was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge ...

A giant phantom jelly is documented in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, at an area where the shelf break and slope are cut by several underwater gullies. This jellyfish can grow to a massive ...

The latest finding at depths as great as 1,300m below the sea surface offers fresh insights into how ecosystems function beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet. Until now ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems—brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky coastlines.

If the message is powerful enough, the impact can ripple out across an ecosystem. In 2007, biologists named these potent molecules after a popular concept in ecology. “Keystone species,” such as ...

These pathogens threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 is one of these emerging pathogens associated with environmental damage caused ...

Immersed in one of the world's most intensively studied high-biodiversity forests, I saw these questions transcend the human experience, unfolding in the complex balance of the tropical ecosystem.