A sweeping new study has unveiled a global map of marine mollusks that reflects not just present-day ocean conditions but ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.

Benthic algae mats often appear attached to the floor of a waterway or floating in water in clumps. The bacteria was discovered in the Columbia River last year.

The Relationship Between Patterns of Benthic Fauna and Zooplankton in the Chukchi Sea and Physical Forcing ...

Two dog deaths have been connected to a type of harmful algae that’s new to the Columbia River, Clark County Public Health officials warn.

Benthic (that is, at the bottom of a body of water) algal mats found along the Columbia River have been linked to the death of two dogs.

Factors regulating the distribution and abundance of estuarine bivalves in a hypersaline ecosystem of the Brazilian semi-arid region Fatores reguladores da distribuição e abundância de bivalves ...

Clark County Public Health is warning residents of new dangers related to algae growths in local waterways. Benthic algal mats found along the Columbia River have been linked to the death of two dogs.

A study of bivalves on the western coast of South Africa led by Paul Valentich-Scott of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History provided new insights into the lives of the region's unique ...

A new species of bivalve, shelled creature, was found in the deep trenches of the South China Sea near cold seep where chemicals enter water ...