Tag: Marine biodiversity
Shipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
Avery Paxton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they...
Secrets of an octopus’s garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to...
Amanda Kahn, San José State University and Jim Barry, San José State University
Two miles below the ocean surface...
The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of...
Ryan Jones, University of Oregon
Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at...
One of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats lies off the Scottish west...
Heidi Burdett, Heriot-Watt University and Cornelia Simon-Nutbrown, Heriot-Watt University
Maerl beds stud the ocean floor like underwater brambles. They’re pastel pink and, despite their knobbly...
Tiny plankton drive processes in the ocean that capture twice as...
Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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The ocean plays a major role in...
Biodiversity helps coral reefs thrive – and could be part of...
Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology
Coral reefs are home to so many species that they often are called “the rainforests of the seas.” Today...
Deepwater corals thrive at the bottom of the ocean, but can’t...
Sandra Brooke, Florida State University
When people think of coral reefs, they typically picture warm, clear waters with brightly colored corals and fishes. But other...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
