A team of scientists has created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, ...

The adult female beaver had to be euthanized after it was found languishing in the ocean surf near Reay Creek in the Sidney ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.

How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...

Mindelo/Kiel. Today, the German research vessel POLARSTERN sets sail from the subtropical Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on a special expedition. On board are 13 Master’s students from West Africa, who will ...

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in addition to reducing greenhouse gas ...

Port and Starboard, as the orcas ( Orcinus orca) are known, have been documented hunting white sharks ( Carcharodon ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Rust can be incredibly annoying if it appears on your new bicycle or car, but if you are a free-floating baby marine animal ...

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 ...

This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...

Now the same team, along with their colleagues, have found signs of dementia-like brain damage, kidney and liver dysfunction, ...