Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of ...

Planktonic foraminifera are tiny marine organisms, which are essential to the ocean's carbon cycle. A recent study reveals that these populations are shrinking at an alarming rate due to ocean warming ...

Cod were observed devouring millions of capelin in Norway, revealing significant predator-prey dynamics influenced by ...

"We now know that the unique hydrothermal vent ecosystem extends into the ocean's crust," Gollner said. "It changed our view on connectedness in the ocean." The discovery sheds new light on the ...

In the vast ocean, you might think there's safety in numbers for fish consider to be "prey" as they seek to elude predators.

(Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) CMBC promotes interdisciplinary research and educational approaches to maintain the integrity of ocean ecosystems and manage their use in the ...

Learning about the diversity of cnidaria solves a major portion of the jigsaw puzzle that is the marine ecosystem, which helps scientists ask and answer new questions about how different species in ...

According to a recent study published in Nature, many planktonic foraminifera species may face unprecedented environmental ...

A recent deep-sea expedition has uncovered a previously unknown ecosystem beneath the ocean floor ... which provide food for ...

A "community" has been uncovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an unlikely place: beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor ...

Marine heat waves and cold spells can severely damage ocean ecosystems and habitats such as coral reefs. These extremes can also force species to move or die and cause sudden losses for fisheries.