The surface of the Gulf of Aqaba appears calm for most of the year, with little to suggest what sits far below. Nearly 1,800 metres down, researchers .

Tiny plastic pellets may soon be classified as hazardous cargo, as frequent spills are polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

When Brazilian researcher Dr Maria 'Duda' Santos went scuba diving in Okinawa, Japan, she was surprised. Everywhere she looked, she saw species that were totally different to the marine life back home ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.

Marine resources are a cornerstone of human nutrition, providing high-quality protein, essential fatty acids, and key micronutrients. At the same time, ...

Research for the study — with Maria “Duda” Santos at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab and University of the Ryukyus at the helm — began with a moment of ...

The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly changing under ongoing climate change. In the eastern basin, tropicalization is already well documented and driven by a combination of strong warming and the influx of ...

Researchers propose building fluorescence directly into microplastic polymer structures, enabling stable real-time imaging of how particles move, accumulate, and degrade in biological systems.

Some ocean cleanup projects could deprive the world of an entire ecosystem that we do not understand and may never be able to recover,” asserts Helm. And she’s not alone, apparently. “This is not some ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found the marine creatures remain virtually identical throughout the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.

Cruise ships act as moving ecosystems, reshaping water, waste, and wildlife interactions as they travel between ports worldwide.

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...