The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one ...

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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 ...

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

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.

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (WTRF) — The Martins Ferry Purple Riders sent off their CHY PHY Science Club to Florida today for an educational trip. The CHY PHY club is chemistry and physics together, but it ...

Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t ...

Ninth Circuit denies captain’s appeal in fire that killed 34, incl. Santa Cruz County victims ...

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

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Students from the Midwest visited the Institute for Marine Mammals Studies (IMMS) Thursday to learn about what makes the Gulf Coast and its native animals so special. The ...

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

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