Gray Whales Are Dying Along the Pacific Coast—Here’s What Scientists Know So Far
The majestic gray whales of the Eastern North Pacific are facing another alarming die-off, and marine scientists are scrambling to …
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New Breakthrough Model Accurately Predicts Marine Food Web Dynamics Amid Climate Change and Overfishing
Understanding who eats whom in the ocean just got a lot more precise. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, …
How Pharmaceutical Pollution in Waterways Is Altering Salmon Behavior
Drug-Contaminated Water Is Changing Wildlife Risk-Taking Every time we flush medications down the toilet or excrete drug residues, we unknowingly …
Caspian Sea Shrinking Rapidly: Alarming Threats to Endangered Seals, Coastal Communities, and Regional Industries
A groundbreaking study led by the University of Leeds reveals a dramatic decline in Caspian Sea water levels due to …
Scientists Discover Two New Tapeworm Species in Wild Oval Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
Okinawa, Japan – April 2025 — A team of scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has …
Unveiling the Remarkable Body Shape Diversity of Plankton-Feeding Reef Fishes
Introduction: The Surprising Diversity of Planktivorous Reef Fishes When swimming along coral reefs, you’ll often notice schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped …
What’s Polluting Tampa Bay’s Fish? USF Scientists Investigate Contaminants in Popular Species
Tampa Bay, Florida – Scientists from the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science are leading a groundbreaking research …
University of Oxford Researchers Decode Fiddler Crab Courtship Through Vibrational Signals
In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the University of Oxford have, for the first time, captured and analyzed the courtship …
Global Fisheries Are Disrupting Ocean Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Health, Study Reveals
A groundbreaking study has revealed that global fisheries have extracted over 560 million tons of essential ocean nutrients between 1960 …
Pharmaceutical Pollution Disrupts Atlantic Salmon Migration, Major Study Finds
A groundbreaking international study reveals how common pharmaceutical pollutants alter the natural migration behavior of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), raising …