A Third of Shark and Ray Species May Face Extinction
Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving species collectively known as chondrichthyan fishes toward a global crisis. ..
Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving species collectively known as chondrichthyan fishes toward a global crisis. ..
The new finding underscores the complexity of marine mammals’ social life and cognition. It may also help save the snoopy cetaceans. ..
From glasswing butterflies to vanishing octopuses, evolution sometimes paints with colors that aren’t there. ..
A phlegmy film is coating the coast around Istanbul—and warmer water could be to blame. ..
Coral in the Red Sea is unusually heat tolerant. The secret to its success may lie in the lucky confluence of geography and genetics. ..
Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it. ..
Scientists crunched 20 years’ worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn’t good. ..
Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life. ..
After decades of false starts, the federal approval of a new testing site off the coast of Oregon could give the technology a much-needed jolt. ..
By using GPS data to monitor slight changes in elevation, the world’s fleet of commercial vessels could aid in forecasting incoming waves. ..