Ribbon weed, Posidonia australis, meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Rachel Austin, University of Western Australia Scientists were investigating meadows of ribbon weed seagrass…
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Researchers analyzed zinc isotopes in teeth and discovered that great white sharks make have contributed to the extinction of megalodon. Scientists investigated the diet of…
Researchers can now accurately predict the diets of remote killer whale populations using their blubber fatty acids. Credit: Dr. Rune Dietz from Aarhus University Unlocking…
Pink sea fan. Credit: Jamie Stevens An iconic coral species found in UK waters could expand its range due to climate change, according to a…
When outfitted with a groundbreaking “laboratory in a can” to sample environmental DNA (eDNA), nimble robots like MBARI’s long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV) can expand…
Spiny chromis family. Credit: Dr. Sophie Nedelec Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows. Scientists introduced “traffic calming”…
Like many octopuses, the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) declines and dies shortly after breeding. Credit: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory Changes in cholesterol production…
Alfredi on reef Komodo. Credit: Andrea Marshall Scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Murdoch University, through a collaborative effort including the public, are reporting…
Sowerby’s beaked whale. Credit: NOAA Fisheries An international team of biologists has successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behavior of…
Low levels of coral bleaching in Hawaii, 2015. Credit: Greg Asner, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science Research findings could help manage and build…
Lush meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology predict that their findings are relevant…
Illustration of an Elasmosaurus, an extinct marine reptile in the genus of Plesiosaur. A new research study finds that large bodies helped extinct marine reptiles…
200 million-year-old deposits of the precursor of the Mediterranean Sea have been preserved in the Swiss High Alps. Whale-sized ichthyosaurs came from the open sea…
Princeton University researchers reported in a new study that unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed, marine biodiversity may be on track to plummet to levels…
Credit: Don McLeish First known filmed footage of the behavior in the elusive marine animal. Do sea turtles canoodle? They do, according to a study…
Among the ecological communities studied are corals. An international team of environmental scientists has published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study…
Large predatory fish are expected to lag behind temperature shifts due to food-web dynamics. Sophisticated model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges. Warming of…
A species of oval squid from Okinawa, locally known as Shiro-ika, is being cultured at OIST’s Marine Science Station. This animal exhibited amazing camouflaging abilities…
Baleen whale feeding. Scientists from UNSW Sydney have uncovered the secrets locked in the jawlines of humpback and southern right whales. Baleen plates – the…
Eating wild-caught fish instead of using it as feed in salmon farming would allow nearly four million tonnes of fish to be left in the…