Benjamin Van Mooy and his team found a relationship between plankton, omega-3 fatty acids and warming ocean waters.

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

Once scientists have collected an eDNA sample, they analyze it via bar coding, which can either look for a single species or ...

A pair of killer whales with a taste for shark liver have cleared South Africa's Gansbaai Bay of its great white sharks.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

That's what a new area of science called ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) promises. It's a solution inspired by ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...

Seamounts attract sharks and marine predators, with 41 times more sharks than open waters. These mountains act as social hubs ...

A new study suggests that elephant seals can serve as “smart sensors” for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight ...

Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...

Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food ...