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.

Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, ...

SEA LIFE at Mall of America is searching for Minnesota's very first Mini Marine Biologist and inviting young ocean‑lovers to ...

From discovering a "garden of Eden" at the bottom of the ocean to facing the consequences of human selfishness, a marine biologist gives the Money blog an exclusive insight into the highs and lows of ...

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Marine biologists have just discovered the largest black coral ever recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand’s seas, while exploring the deep waters of Fiordland. Measuring more than 13 feet tall and nearly ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Often portrayed as aggressive ocean predators in popular films, great white sharks play a critical ecological role in marine environments. Many have been pinged off the South ...

Dr. Gruber is a marine biologist and the head of Project CETI. One afternoon in January 2024, off the island of Dominica in the Atlantic Ocean, a sperm whale named Pinchy and I drifted calmly at the ...

Every year, thousands of shark and ray fins are smuggled across international borders, hidden in plain sight in shipping containers or mislabeled among other cargo. For authorities tasked with ...

A Mexican marine biologist with decades of experience studying sharks faced a life-threatening encounter in September when a Galapagos shark clamped down on his head during a tagging operation near ...

Marine biologist Emma Camp joins Elex Michaelson from Sydney, Australia, to talk about coral reefs, the significance of them, and the work she does to help them. Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux ...