In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon's "humongous fungus" was considered the world's largest organism. Now, some experts aren't so sure.

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Scientists identified the mechanism by which a sea cucumber molecule inhibits sulfatase-2, an enzyme that’s often upregulated ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

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

Marine organisms are crucial in maintaining coastal water quality by filtering excess nutrients, pollutants and suspended particles. A single adult oyster can filter 20-50 gallons of water daily, ...

A new study reveals the harmful influence of artificial light at night on the immobile species, the snakelocks anemone.The ...

Biologists exploring how environmental stressors would affect marine organisms did not receive $3 million in federal funding or use grants to study how fast shrimp can run on a treadmill.

Marine organisms are crucial in maintaining coastal water quality by filtering excess nutrients, pollutants and suspended particles. A single adult oyster can filter 20-50 gallons of water daily, ...