According to the fossil record, cetaceans — whales, dolphins and their relatives — evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50...
By Sophie Coxon The island is washed into the water, clouding the blue sea green, shielding the reefs from the searing sunlight and settling in a...
The benefit of Michigan’s 20 million acres of forests can be seen through a variety of lenses. Michigan forests play a key role in offsetting greenhouse...
A new technology detects trace amounts of oxygen in an environment where previously these life-supporting molecules were below the limit of detection. ANTOFAGASTA, Chile – Using...
By Rachel Knight, Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences A team of researchers from Texas A&M University and beyond has made a...
By: Brittany Hook Collaborative paper documents extreme water conditions that led to fish die-offs In the spring of 2020, a historic red tide event occurred in...
Study Finds That More Than Half of Global Branded Plastic Pollution Can be Tracked to Just 56 Companies A research paper published today in Science Advances reveals...
By Rachel PlunkettPhoto Banner Credit: Lewis Burnett In the vast open ocean, how does a large animal like a right whale find enough food to eat?...
Photo Banner Credit: Nicolas Job According to a new analysis of the farmed shellfish market released this week by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Maine’s farmed...
Researchers are re-writing what we know about how grey reef sharks breathe and rest based on new observations from reefs in Seychelles. They hope that if...