Farms and cities use so much of the Colorado River's water that little remains for the river's own ecosystem. Will ...

British waters host some remarkably ancient creatures that have been swimming through our seas for decades or even centuries.

The July 4 flood took a human toll, but it also did environmental and ecological damage. Experts say with time and patience, ...

By Elizabeth Fitt In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

A bizarre new sponge species has been discovered deep in the Southern Ocean. Unlike ordinary sponges, it does not filter water for tiny food particles. Instead, it actively traps and consumes small ...

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A team from The Nippon Foundation’s Nekton Ocean Census worked with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship Falkor to reach far beneath Antarctic waters, where they found/discovered and recovered, with the ...

Lava rubble at the bottom of the sea is acting like a giant "sponge" for carbon dioxide, ancient cores reveal. Ancient lava ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

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