More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish and sharks have been discovered on the remote Arctic island of ...

The Geographic Foundation of Marine Richness 6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in ...

These Spitsbergen fossils suggest recovery came far faster. They show food chains rebuilt within three million years.

At about 10 o’clock every morning, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar’s turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms — a new lifeline after climate change upended their ...

As global marine biodiversity faces increasing threats from climate change, pollution, and overfishing, understanding the ...

The recovery of kelp forests brought many fish species back. But fish stocks in the reserve remain far below those present before commercial fishing took off.

Lionfish, an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico, are drawing concern in Texas for their destructive impact on marine ...

The world's oceans are vital for life on Earth. Drifting phytoplankton provide almost half the oxygen released into the atmosphere. Marine and coastal ecosystems provide food and protect communities ...

Viruses stand as the ocean's most prolific biological entities, vastly surpassing their microbial hosts in number. Long considered merely pathogenic agents, ...

Sea level rise is causing ghost forests to expand along the east coast, with hotspots in New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. Salt marshes are migrating to take the place of wetland forests, ...

MECoS 4 calls for ecosystem-based marine management, women’s empowerment, and innovation support to drive India’s blue ...

Explore innovative sound-based technology for tracking marine mammals and enhancing conservation efforts in India's rich ...