New research led by the CSIR has uncovered a troubling global trend – a significant decline in ocean productivity over the ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a food, ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Discover the fascinating story of a sea cow fossil in Venezuela, providing insights into prehistoric marine life and predator ...

The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...

A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...