How much of the essential trace element iron remains available for marine life in the ocean depends critically on the ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

Worms in your fish. The mere thought causes most people to shudder and just say no thanks. But what if their presence is ...

The Earth’s oceans play a vital role in the carbon cycle, making it imperative that we understand marine biological activity enough to predict how our planet will react to the extra 25 000 million ...

Light pollution is increasing worldwide, leaving a significant impact on our wildlife. Artificial light at night, also known as ALAN, is growing at an average annual rate of approximately 2-2.2%. A ...

Chemicals released from car tires as they wear down are washing into rivers, estuaries and the sea and they could be disrupting life at the base of the marine food web, according to a new study.

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometre beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an unnamed seamount. Despite never appearing on a chart, this underwater forest has ...

Is climate change altering the seasonal patterns of marine species? With the monsoon extending unusually long this year, Mumbai’s coastline has become a site of unexpected marine activity. Nature ...

The ocean contains many organisms whose form defies the expectations we might have for life, but none may be more bizarre ...