Browsing: Marine Biology

Hazard monkeys come in a variety of colors and harbor photosynthetic algae in their shells.dakota mccoy Heart-shaped mollusks have evolved tiny windows that function like fiber…

Measuring giant coralsIñigo San Felix/National Geographic Society A gigantic underwater structure off the coast of the tropical Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean has been…

Bryde’s whale surfacing for airNOAA Fisheries Mysterious sounds coming from the depths of the Pacific Ocean have finally been identified as coming from a Bryde’s whale,…

Great white shark jumping off the coast of South AfricaAidan Martin A review of the scientific evidence found that while there are many different reasons why…

Nine years ago, in August 2015, Christine Figgener posted a video of her team removing a plastic straw from a turtle’s nostril, which quickly went viral.…

This time last year, Dean Grubbs and his colleagues were celebrating a conservation success story. The star was the smalltooth sawfish, a large ray with a…

Marine biologists equipped eight female sea lions with cameras to learn more about their behavior and hunting habitats. Nathan Angelakis of the South Australian Research and…

Would drastic action help the reef recover?Serge Melessane / Alamy Corals are being hit hard by global warming, and the only way to save coral reef…

The Portuguese man-o-war, or blue bottle, is found in various forms in oceans around the world.Stephen Frink Collection/Alamy An analysis of the genetic diversity of animals…

Nodules taken from the ocean floor being examined in a laboratoryCamille Bridgewater (2024) Metallic nodules scattered across the floor of the Indian and Pacific Oceans provide…