Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby.

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...

Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...

The ocean has always looked like a blank blue expanse on most maps, yet beneath that surface lies a layered, living ...

Scientists in Japan discovered microscopic fossils revealing that the North Pacific Ocean was once more interconnected. The ...

A coral reef at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Roughly 2 million species live in the world's oceans. But scientists ...

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...

Ocean scientists have been utilizing satellite technology to provide a clearer look at the plankton that form the foundation of aquatic ecosystems. What they're finding, according to The New York ...

Scientists identify a new marine fungus that attacks toxic algae, offering insight into natural controls on blooms that ...

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University of ...