Serendipitous data reveals a previously unknown ecosystem under Arctic ice
Fish gas bladders interfere with sonar, and we can use that interference to study Arctic fish stocks
Scientists find the first known nursery for the Munk's devil ray
By tracking rays across the eastern Pacific, researchers spied the growth and development of this less common ray species
Algae keep nitrogen savings to help them survive nutrient-poor ocean waters
Guanine, one of the four bases of DNA, also keeps algae's nitrogen sources rich
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The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?
Mining agencies promise to minimize harm to ocean ecosystems. Scientists say we can't predict its full extent — or how to reverse it
By 2100, the ocean will be a different color
Incorporating the colored dissolved organic matter responsible for the color change improves the accuracy of climate models
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The secret code of sea shells
What drives artistically illiterate clams and snails to craft such perfection?
Blue whales and orcas and more form an emotional bond with humans in "The Breath of a Whale"
Leigh Calvez blends Cetacean science with Cetacean narrative in her latest book
Why is this huge group of deep sea octopus moms suffocating?
Year after year, stressed out broods of octopuses kept appearing. Biologists started getting curious
Cephalopalooza!
With over 1,000 octopous, the scientific exploration ship Nautilus has discovered the largest deep-sea octopus nursery.
That refreshing ocean mist is full of microbes
And they're landing on your face
Did 'The Bachelorette' just eat my research?
Giant mollusks are just about the only thing more interesting to me than who gets the rose
The weird and wonderful world of fish
A new book tells tales of the life aquatic
Four facts about Marie Tharp, the woman whose art mapped the bottom of the sea
She discovered the Earth's 'backbone' even though men wouldn't let her on a ship for 17 years
Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predators
Look, sometimes you need to "offload water" from a giant albatross...for science