An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

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Eelgrass, a type of flowering seagrass found in temperate zones around the world, provides habitat for many species, protects ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Cornell University marine ecologists and computer scientists have shown that grazing by sea snails and other marine herbivores has a big impact on the scale of seagrass wasting disease — contributing ...

The Aquarium’s Marine Species Report Card aims to inform the public about the health of crucial marine species in California.

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the seafloor and would be described by some as gross.

Box jellies, also called sea wasps and marine stingers, live primarily in coastal waters off Northern Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific. They are pale blue and transparent in color and get ...

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...

Recent research has shed light on the complex relationships between deep-sea invertebrates, such as mussels and snails, and their symbiotic bacteria, revealing how these organisms adapt to extreme ...