Hurricanes stir deep ocean layers, bringing nutrients and low-oxygen zones to surface, study finds. ... small fish, and filter-feeding animals such as shellfish and baleen whales.

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

CaveCreek4.jpg Penelope Donahue points out fossils in the limestone of the opening of Cave Creek Cave while on a June 8 hike in Santa Fe National Forest. The limestone, which is around 300 million ...

A new study from Duke showed oceans are getting greener at the poles and bluer in the subtropical regions, like off the SC ...

A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite ...

Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...

Once a dominant predator along the Pacific seabed, the vibrant and fast-moving sunflower sea star is now officially listed as ...

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms ...

Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of ...

Researchers study the fossils by drilling into ocean sediment to reveal layer upon layer of the calcareous shells. The deeper they go, the further they look back in time.

Researchers study the fossils by drilling into ocean sediment to reveal layer upon layer of the calcareous shells ... part of the world that provides crucial habitat to many marine animals that dive ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...