A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

Whale pee and other bi-products play a vital role in ocean ecosystems. Find out how they transport nutrients across the seas.

Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin across oceans that help to keep marine ecosystems healthy, a study has revealed. Researchers found that these ...

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

Scientists found that forests did not recover quickly after Earth’s worst extinction. Instead, plant life changed in phases.

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters ... Covering only 0.1% of the ocean floor, these seagrass meadows provide food and shelter to thousands of species of ...

“You know it’s a garden, you know it’s pretty, you know it’s plants, but you don ... share and standardize data on marine ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...