Traveling around Eagle County, it is easy to wonder about the interesting geological features that dot the landscape. While ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — The Wenatchee is making history in the Puget Sound. The Washington state ferry is running on hybrid-electric power.

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

Marine biologists study marine life, from the smallest, single-celled organisms to the largest mammal on the planet, the blue whale. These professionals explore diverse ecosystems, from coastal ...

They revealed that marine snow sometimes creates parachute-like mucus structures that effectively double the time the organisms linger in the upper 100 meters of the ocean.

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

These blooms deplete oxygen levels and damage marine ecosystems. Filter-feeding organisms also reduce turbidity, which is the cloudiness of water caused by suspended sediment and particles. Less water ...

Misleading. 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.