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

Girguis, a professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, specializes in biochemistry and ecological physiology ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Camaccia said it’s normal to see them on Seadrift Beach and Bolinas Beach. What is unique this year, he said, is that they ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic mutation. These species, which diverged on the tree of life millions of ...

Explorers have uncovered a breathtaking discovery deep in the ocean, revealing a hidden world thriving around a giant creature’s remains.

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses.

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

The revived organisms resumed their biological activities as if they hadn't been without oxygen and light for thousands of ...