A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. A study from Wild Orca and…
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University of Florida researchers have captured the unique development process of hammerhead sharks, showcasing the transformation of bonnethead embryos into their distinctive hammer-shaped heads. A…
A new study has uncovered the vital role of extracellular vesicles in horizontal gene transfer among ocean microorganisms. This finding challenges existing beliefs about gene…
New research using electronic tags and sonar data shows that large marine predators like sharks and tunas often dive into the deep mesopelagic zone, interacting…
Dr. Nicholas Payne and Dr. Jenny Bortoluzzi with the small tooth sand tiger shark that washed up on Irish shores for the first time this…
‘Extinct’ houting from the collection of the Natural History Museum London. Credit: Ymke Winkel The houting fish, once thought extinct, is still thriving, as revealed…
Despite urban coastal pollution, sharks, including bull, nurse, and great hammerhead, are frequently found near cities like Miami. This behavior could expose them to health…
Ice worms inhabiting methane hydrate. Credit: NOAA New findings reveal that deep-sea methane deposits are converting into gas at a higher rate than previously observed…
Sea otters swim together in the Pacific Ocean. A deadly, newly detected strain of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is threatening sea otters, and potentially other…
Enceladus black smoker at the Aurora Vent Field. Credit: HACON cruise 2021, REV Ocean In the depths of the ocean, along tectonic plate boundaries, hydrothermal…
This visualization depicts bathymetric features of the western Atlantic Ocean Basin, including the continental shelf, captured by satellite. Credit: NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Information…
A microscope image of a shelled plankton. According to research from The University of Texas at Austin, plankton populations like this flourished in the tropics…
Reconstruction of the earliest ichthyosaur and the 250-million-year-old ecosystem found on Spitsbergen. Credit: Illustration by Esther van Hulsen For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched…
A new study found that smaller Antarctic minke whales would not be able to survive, as they would not capture enough food using the lunge-feeding…
A picture of the tropical kelp forest. Credit: Charles Darwin Foundation/University of Malaga The Charles Darwin Foundation-led research holds importance due to the discovery of…
These monogenean worms (Microcotyle sebastis) were dissected from the gills of a preserved copper rockfish specimen from the UW Fish Collection at the Burke Museum.…
Graphical abstract of the research method. Credit: Maaike Goudriaan, NIOZ Laboratory experiment shows that bacteria really eat and digest plastic. The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats…
A study published in Scientific Reports has uncovered the genes that likely enabled whales to grow to enormous sizes compared to their ancestors. The research…
Coral colonies of the species Colpophyllia natans and Orbicella faveolata maintained in the Experimental Reef Laboratory aquarium systems. These corals were rescued from a seawall…