The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and ...

She was worried about the role sea stars play in the tidepools ecosystem. To us, they might seem like pretty creatures that come in a fun shape, but to many of the ocean animals they interact with, ...

A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Researchers created DNA tools that detect deep-sea marine animals like squids and octopuses by analyzing ocean water.

A new database compiling over 400 sightings of a mysterious ocean phenomenon known as ‘milky seas’ could help scientists soon ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.

Projected % change in marine animal biomass for the Southern Ocean using global marine ecosystem model (MEM) outputs recreated from Tittensor et al. Credit: Earth's Future (2025). DOI: 10.1029 ...