Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Plastic Reflectic is an art installation made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is connected to underwater sensors which mirror human movement in front of the artwork.

To sustain their huge bodies, blue whales, which are the largest creatures on Earth, feed on huge amounts of krill. A hundred ...

Every animal and plant needs food to live, and they are all part of a food chain. A food chain shows how animals obtain their food. A food chain also shows the flow of energy, which starts off at ...

Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for food. If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily ...