Divers in Florida are exploring an underwater mermaid reef near Palm Beach where sculptures double as artificial reefs that ...

The University of the Virgin Islands’ Reef Response Program is inviting community members to step into the shoes of a coral ...

The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one parent holding fast to the hard bottom might come as many as 150 stipes.

In 1903, former UW zoology professor Trevor Kincaid and UW botany professor T.C. Frye founded what is now called the Friday Harbor Laboratories in the San Juan Islands. The islands’ rich and diverse ...

Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water ...

The discovery came as a surprise, because the two species usually prefer to avoid each other and keep a safe distance.

Shark sightings near Myrtle Beach rise with warmer water. Learn which species appear, why bites are usually accidental and ...

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

The Wadden Sea heritage centre WEC and the University of Utrecht are going to investigate why the seal population in the region is falling despite a higher birth rate. “Seals are flexible and know how ...

Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

The Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen is expected to sign off on an official request asking Amtrak to make a temporary stop in ...

An ODFW spokesperson said the agency will track cases, although they’re expected to remain near California’s Año Nuevo State ...