Though burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of global warming, fossil fuels could also be driving climate change via a completely different mechanism involving ocean plastic debris and tiny, ...

Though burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of global warming, fossil fuels could also be driving climate change via a completely different mechanism involving ocean plastic debris and tiny, ...

Lanternfish are one of the most abundant vertebrates on Earth. Yet despite their huge numbers, almost nothing is known about them. As the fishing industry starts to take more of an interest in these ...

Lanternfish have tiny organs known as photophores, inside which a chemical reaction takes place to give off bioluminescent light. These fish live in one of the largest ecosystems on earth: the ...

Plastic is the dominant trash in the ocean, and has been found just about everywhere people have looked, from the supposedly pristine Antarctic seafloor to the Mariana trench, the deepest point on ...

A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment provides a stark warning about the ocean’s future: the looming oxygen crisis may threaten key marine species, including the crucial ...

An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain, has investigated how marine ecosystems responded to past ...

Between 500 and 800 lanternfish and squid were found dead or dying in the Nawiliwili Harbor area on Monday, prompting in investigation by state and federal officials into what caused the die-off. The ...

Deep sea lanternfish help transmit parasites to sperm whales and giant squid, new research shows. “Anisakis are pervasive everywhere in the ocean,” and yet very little is known about them, says ...

KOCHI: With the fall in marine catches, especially Indian oil sardines, fisheries scientists are proposing a new deep sea fish as an alternative food source in the conventional fish items. During an ...