Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Point Nemo is the most isolated and deserted spot on Earth, located in the South Pacific Ocean. No humans, animals, or plants can survive there. It serves as a dumping ground for defunct ...

Most of the ocean remains unexplored, but one wealthy backer believes it’s where the future lies. Their ambition is to create underwater habitats where people can live for weeks, months ...

Have you ever wondered where the lowest point on Earth is? It’s the Dead Sea! This fascinating saltwater lake sits between ...

Big cats, birds, primates and pangolins were among the nearly 20,000 threatened or protected animals rescued in a recent ...

The Tacoma City Council passed a resolution supporting statewide decriminalization of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics.

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...