“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

Far off the New England coast, one of Earth’s rarest mammals is surviving on a food source so small it usually slips past ...

Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

But researchers recently discovered a major dilemma when it comes to understanding the carbon cycle. A new paper released by ...

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...

Doesn’t it feel otherworldly out here?” says Colleen Durkin from the lower deck of the Rachel Carson as it glides out from ...

Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water. Desalination plants, ...

Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. It is essential for photosynthesis, the process ...

For decades, two small bone pieces sat quietly in a museum drawer in Alaska, labelled as mammoth remains and largely ...

Conservationist Christina Hicks explains the tension between protecting marine life and depending on it for food, and how our ...