Adjacent comb plates wave semi-synchronously. Credit: University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba researchers discover a protein that controls the unique movement of comb jellies. The…
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Researchers have uncovered evidence that vast phytoplankton blooms may be lurking beneath Antarctic ice. Scientists using NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
Palaeoneiros clackorum skull and shoulder girdle. Credit: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; © President and Fellows of Harvard College According to new research, ray-finned…
Many deep-sea organisms are able to emit ‘living light’ through a chemical reaction, bringing light to the otherwise total darkness of the deep ocean. Bioluminescent…
Torn deck plating of the V-1302 John Mahn that was damaged by the bomb that hit amidships. Credit: VLIZ Scientists have discovered that an 80-year-old…
Illustration depicting the conservation actions and interventions addressed in this Essay and showing the major infrastructure required for each. Numbers relate to the following actions/interventions:…
Over the next 80 years, climate change will have a significant impact on twelve economically and culturally important species that live in the California Current…
Southern Right Whales in the Great Australian Bight. Credit: Dr. Kerstin Bilgmann A new twist in marine upwellings at a well-known feeding ground Oceanographers have…
Early tetrapod. The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to the latest…
Researchers were surprised to discover whale sharks ate seaweed as well as krill at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Credit: Andre Rerekura, Australian Institute of Marine…
Corals display glowing colors (fluorescence). Credit: Tel Aviv University Researchers have proved for the first time that corals’ fluorescent colors are intended to attract prey.…
Artist’s representation of Thalassotitan atrox. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Paleontologists have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator…
Lead author Alison Towner with the carcass of a Great White Shark washed up on shore following an Orca attack. Credit: Marine Dynamics/ Dyer Island…
Image of Bathynomus yucatanensis. Credit: Dr. Ming-Chih Huang, Journal of Natural History A massive, ‘creamy yellow’ relative of Woodlouse was found living at a depth…
Sponges are among the oldest creatures on Earth and play an essential role in many underwater ecosystems. New research finds that sponges ‘sneeze’ to clear…
The researchers confirmed that the genetic control region they discovered only controls the expression of a sodium channel gene in muscle and no other tissues.…
Megalodons are known only from the teeth they left behind. Here, a megalodon tooth (left) is compared to a great white shark tooth. Each inch…
Ribbon weed, Posidonia australis, meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Rachel Austin, University of Western Australia Australian scientists believe they have discovered the world’s…
Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) is a small, brightly colored member of the dragonet family. Machine learning enables largest study to date on aesthetic preferences and fish…