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Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid.
Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the ...
You’ve heard for years about aquatic nuisance species but what are they? The zebra mussel is likely the most famous. Or ...
As the Earth heats up, the amount of algae in our waterways is rapidly increasing, transforming the colour of lakes and ...
Sea cucumbers are the ocean's janitors, cleaning the seabed and recycling nutrients back into the water. But this humble ...
Covered in lush fur, the thickest in the animal kingdom, sea otters can live their entire ... the otters prompt the plants to flower and produce seeds. What’s more, their digging provides ...
An underwater robot captures footage of creatures below the ocean's surface in California's Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. A large slick of blood bloomed on the ocean’s surface ...
Researchers find that tiny ocean plants react to nutrient and temperature shifts. In nutrient-poor zones, efficient ...
Scientists have uncovered over 200 new giant viruses lurking in ocean waters that not only help shape marine ecosystems but ...
Between 2010 and 2021, authorities seized around five million individual sea horses worth more than $21 million ...
World Oceans Day is June 8, a global day of celebrating and committing to protecting the ocean and marine resources that ...
The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to ...