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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.