Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...
Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...
Protecting our oceans requires strong government policies backed by sustained funding for conservation and enforcement.
For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant ...
Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...
Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) report ...
A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing ...
A new species of Antarctic fish has been discovered that highlights how fragile the underwater ecosystem really is.
In the turquoise waters of Indonesia’s Derawan Archipelago, a deafening dynamite blast shatters the morning calm, trumpeting the ongoing destruction of one of the world’s most biodiverse marine ...
In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and "re-engineering" or often destroying those ecosystems, ...