Shellfish are extremely important to various ocean ecosystems globally, yet they are some of the most overlooked species. One example is the Atlantic giant cockle, which feeds on plankton, helping to ...

Oceanic ecosystems are increasingly threatened by global warming, which causes coral bleaching, species migration and, ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

The oceans are overheating and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate response.

The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in the depletion of over 560 million tons of essential nutrients vital to ...

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ocean's smallest organisms interact.

As oceans warm, marine predators are increasingly forced to eat smaller prey, leaving them working harder for less energy.

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The understanding of jellyfish ecology has broadened considerably in recent years, reshaping our perceptions of marine ecosystems. Once deemed trophic dead ends with minimal influence, jellyfish are ...

Rising Co2 levels in oceans pose threat to ecosystem, sea life worldwide. Aug. 22, 2008— -- Under the vast, trackless surface of the ocean, scientists have discovered a monster of a problem, ...