Around 250 million years ago, something catastrophic occurred on our planet. An event, often referred to as the ‘Great Dying,’ wiped out almost all life on Earth. Yet, against the odds, some organisms ...

As I finish up this column, hope you’re “all ears,” because this comes “straight from the horse’s mouth:” Nobody “dropped the ...

Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

Humans love a tale of terrifying sea monsters and often depictions of ferocious marine creatures are unfair and unwarranted. The giant clam is a good example of this. While sitting on the seabed, ...

Horseshoe crabs, commonly known as “living fossils,” have inhabited coastal, shallow waters for hundreds of millions of years. They can frequently be found crawling along the muddy ocean floor ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

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Researchers have identified a severe outbreak of a rare contagious cancer in soft-shell clams in Washington state's Puget Sound and found evidence that the disease was recently introduced to the ...

Even as a fragile ceasefire eases military tensions, marine growth on ship hulls has emerged as an unexpected obstacle to restoring one of the world's most important energy corridors.

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...