Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only ...

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Experts found that these sea creatures sleep for at least 8 hours a day, a duration often considered ideal for human sleep.

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 ...

Let’s be honest: most parents envision a national park vacation as a majestic, peaceful communion with nature where the ...

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

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

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 ...