Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, ...

As global warming melts more sea ice in the polar regions, the light that enters the ocean is not just increasing in ...

Scientists map out the footprint produced by fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industries for the first time, establishing a ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

Although the Bay of Bengal covers less than 1% of the global ocean, it supplies nearly 8% of the world’s fishery production.

Melting polar ice narrows the light spectrum underwater, favoring blue-tuned algae and disrupting the ocean food web.

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny ...

Study in Nature Geoscience reveals how strong and weak monsoons impact marine productivity in the Bay of Bengal.

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Wildlife rescuers are struggling to keep up with the demand to help stranded and sick marine life along the West Coast.

We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form ...