Biogeoscientists have recently opened up new possibilities for life in the dark, at the bottom of the oceans of Earth, as well as in other places in the solar system.
It may sound unbelievable, but all forms in the ocean, from tiny krill to huge tuna, appear to abide by a mere mathematical law that associates an abundance of the organism to its body size.
A new study confirms that the prehistoric penis worm priapulids were housed in cone-shaped hyolith shells, making the worms as the first inventor of hermit lifestyle seen in crabs today.
A new study developed a triboelectric nanogenerator that mimics the movement of a seaweed. The device was made to harness power from the statics made by the ocean waves.
Leafy sea dragons are among the most majestic marine animal ever recorded. The uniqueness of their evolutionary development led them live peacefully under the oceans of South Australia.
Researchers used GPS tracking technology to monitor the global migration of five species of land birds to understand how they travel nonstop for hundreds of miles across the open ocean.
The milky seas effect is maritime folklore that was previously misunderstood. Sailors in the 19th-century have always regarded its origin as something sinister like sea monsters and mermaids. Using satellites, modern scientists have a deeper understanding of the bacteria, not mermaids nor sea monsters, that create this glowing water.
A recent study confirms the presence of a novel morbillivirus strain. The specified virus was responsible for the death of marine mammals around the globe.
New research revisits the powerhouse of the marine ecosystem, phytoplankton, to understand more about how their biological growth affects fish population and climate change.
NASA’s OMG project has started with its last survey of melting glaciers from Greenland. For the last six years, the mission has been measuring how fast the rise of sea level is.