South of the great barrier reef, there is an island where manta rays (Manta alfredi) group together. A recent study on these rays has revealed the secret that d...
Sea turtles play important roles in both aquatic and coastal ecosystems, spending most of their life at sea but requiring sandy beaches to reproduce. When they ...
Dive into the Atlanic Ocean off the coast of Maine, USA, and you’ll find tiny creatures called copepods. These 1 mm sized crustaceans, named after their ‘oar-fe...
Ageing – the reason we will all eventually die. Our bodies and minds change. We undergo physical and psychological alterations. Our tissues become worse at rege...
Corals are curious organisms – there really isn’t anything quite like them elsewhere in the animal kingdom. The coral skeleton is formed from calcium carbonate ...
Cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) have been blamed for the failure of oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay and have been made the target of a reactive fishi...
Bottlenose dolphins of the United States migrate up and down the Atlantic coast, heading north in the spring, and south again in the autumn. The seasons are a f...
Coral reefs are in trouble around the world. Rising sea levels are threatening to wreak havoc on these unique ecosystems, which would result in terrible loss to...
If you live in the ocean and you can’t swim, you are at the mercy of the ocean currents. The powerful currents of the ocean can transport microorganisms and obj...
When many different whale species converge on the Gulf of Maine en masse to tuck into the same seasonal bounty of herring, they somehow manage to still keep to ...
