The ocean floor is riddled with ungodly species that seem to have been created out of our worst collective nightmares. There are demonic-looking fishes that glow and sponges (that do not look like ...

Scientists have discovered that microplastics are binding to marine snow particles, according to a study published in Water ...

Recent research underscores the critical role that tiny ocean organisms play in Earth’s carbon cycle, a factor often ...

Scientists have discovered two new spooky sea creatures living hundreds of metres under the ocean. Find out more here.

SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

Temperatures around the world continue to rise—and the North Sea is no exception. Yet, in addition to this gradual warming, increasingly frequent and intense heat events also have consequences for ...

This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

The ocean is a giant carbon and heat sink for the planet. Plus, marine sea life — specifically plankton — are responsible for ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large ...

Temperatures around the world continue to rise – and the North Sea is no exception. Yet, in addition to this gradual warming, increasingly frequent and intense heat events also have consequences for ...

Antarctica isn’t exactly the type of place you’d expect to be teeming with life, but a new study suggests the frigid environment at the end of the world may be a little more hospitable than it seems.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study of nearly 22,000 fossils finds that ancient plankton communities began changing in important ways as much as 400,000 years before massive die-offs ensued during the first ...