Blue, jellyfish-like creatures called Velella velella have been washing up along California’s coast recently, captivating Bay ...
A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...
Learn how the workers at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge work tirelessly to protect the manatees that call Florida home.
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Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.
A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...
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Eleanor Mortimer joins a team of marine biologists in her transporting, whimsical but ultimately melancholic first feature ...
Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.