A juvenile black rockfish Photo Credit: Will Fennie Larvae produced by black rockfish, a linchpin of the West Coast commercial fishing indus...

 Polycirrus onibi, a newly discovered marine worm that glows in the dark was named after a creature from Japanese folklore. Photo Credit: Na...

Whale shark Photo Credit: Mitsumasa Koyanagi, OMU A new study reveals that the photoreceptor rhodopsin of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), pi...

killer whales Photo Credit:  Michelle Klampe As a key food supply declines, the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales, kn...

Sunflower sea stars, such as the one that appears in the foreground, could help keep purple sea urchins in check, according to new research ...

Coral reefs at a study site off Taiping Island, South China Sea. Photo Credit: Yi Bei Liang Scripps Oceanography scientists and collaborator...

Study lead author Ella Kim (pink helmet) helps deploy a HARP instrument package. Photo Credit: Ana Širović Come mating season, fishes off th...

Minke whales in Antarctica were studied by researchers using instrumented tags that can measure various aspects of their feeding activity. I...

Whitespotted eagle rays “crunching” on clams in a large outdoor tank with clams housed within a variety of anti-predator materials. Video Cr...

Flinders University Diagram of humpback engaged in trap feeding; with a jaw either flush with the waterline, or raised to a similar height t...

A blue whale surfaces Photo Credit:  Three-shots A new study of New Zealand blue whales’ vocalizations indicates the whales are present year...

The urchin species Diadema antillarum has long been considered the most important grazer in the Caribbean, feeding on algae that would other...

Fin whales surround the research vessel National Geographic Endurance in January 2022. Video Credit: Eric Wehrmeister Trawlers working amids...

Researchers have identified 12 potential ecological benefits of aquaculture including species recovery, habitat restoration, rehabilitation ...

The study used visual censuses and the analysis of stable isotopes to determine the abundance and trophic niche of carnivorous fish in marin...

Phytoplankton - the foundation of the oceanic food chain. Photo Credit:  NOAA Clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much more resilie...

Photo Credit:  Jill Wellington Popular fireworks should be replaced with cleaner drone and laser light shows to avoid the “highly damaging” ...

Photo Credit:  Richard Sagredo A novel virus, potentially fatal to whales and dolphins, has been discovered by researchers at the University...

butterfly fish Photo Credit:  Светлана Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify competitor...

Hammerhead Shark Photo Credit:  David Clode The first-ever chromosome-level genome sequences completed for great hammerhead and shortfin mak...