Jellyfish, ancient and diverse, exhibit remarkable adaptations, from bioluminescence to immortality. These gelatinous ...

With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm disrupted their expedition off ...

Diners were treated to an unexpected nature show when a harmless basking shark swam through a Block Island pond.

According to the researchers, from across institutions in the U.S., iron released due to human activities enhances spring ...

The idea of fertilizing the ocean with iron, an element essential for the growth of phytoplankton, is being considered as a ...

Along with nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, iron is essential for the growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the ocean ...

Iron released from coal combustion and steel production is altering the ecosystem in a critical part of the North Pacific, a new study has found. About 39 percent of dissolved iron in the ...

Over the course of the study, two successive phytoplankton blooms were induced in the seawater. The morphology, organic volume fraction, hygroscopicity, phase state, and surface tension of individual ...

Microscopic algae blooms have turned the ocean off Ventura into a sort of brown soup in recent weeks but may not stick around much longer. Caused by tiny phytoplankton, they are two of several that ...

After a 50-foot whale washed up on the shores of Huntington Beach, California, officials are working to determine its cause ...

A marine heat wave has been building in the ocean surrounding the UK during an exceptionally warm and dry spring. In other ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...