United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity. Nearly two-thirds of the ocean lies outside ...

Human-induced climate change has already had a major impact on Earth's biodiversity. The habitat of many species—including those in the oceans—is disappearing, and invasive species are conquering new ...

Marine biodiversity encompasses the full range of life in the oceans, from microscopic plankton to large megafauna, and underpins ecosystem functioning and services vital to human well-being. Patterns ...

The Philippines is the center of the center of shore-fish biodiversity.”  These words summarized Dr. Kent E. Carpenter’s study and appreciation of the country’s rich marine biodiversity in the Verde ...

A new digital platform developed under the leadership of CIIMAR is making Portugal's marine biodiversity more accessible by bringing together thousands of biological resources into a single access ...

A new study paves the way to understanding biotic recovery after an ecological crisis in the Mediterranean Sea about 5.5 million years ago. Researchers have now been able to quantify how marine biota ...

Marine biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution, invasive species and climate change. Conservation strategies have evolved from isolated reserves to ...

Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Grief and outrage swept through the scientific and conservation communities as calls for justice ...

Marine scientists from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and other organizations have begun a multi-year ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Most ocean life remains to be discovered. Because fish and many other animals that live in the ocean often have larvae or other, microscopic life stages that drift freely in ocean water, counting ...