A team of chemists, microbiologists and ecologists has designed a molecular probe (a molecule designed to detect proteins or ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

The total plastic ban to protect and conserve our environment will be fully implemented by 2027, with the latest stage expanding the ban to ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

"Beneath the (ocean) surface lies a complex world which is very much alive," Long Branch Arts Director Maggie Fischer said.

Brazilian researchers have discovered chemical compounds in marine sponges that have the potential to eliminate the malaria ...

Could a sea cucumber sugar transform cancer care? A new study reveals its enzyme-blocking potential and safer profile ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...

Microbial oceanography is a new discipline that integrates the principles of marine microbiology, microbial ecology and oceanography to study the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical ...

Our oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us as far-reaching planets. Though ...

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...