A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

Marine heat waves have become longer and more frequent along the U.S. West Coast, as elsewhere in the world. But heating ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is ...

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue ...

Times journalists were able to get tantalizingly close to the Thwaites glacier, which scientists are hoping to spend weeks ...

The sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, which carpets the Caribbean seafloor, may hold the key to eliminating the senescent cells that survive cancer therapy. A collaboration led by Spanish ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The ...