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Beneath the Shell

Slow sea snails are, the unlikely inspirations for faster diabetes treatments

Prior to the landings on 6 June 1944 on the Normandy beaches, a small research group was formed in the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington...

In 2017 on a dive trip to Cuba my friend Manny Ramos took me to what he said was one of the best snorkeling beaches in the country three hours...

Human interest in the marine environment originally focused on the highly productive coastal zone, where food and energy resources were readily...

Upside-down waterfalls, underwater lakes and calcite caverns awaited the science team as they sought to reveal the hidden secret of one of the...

An adventurer’s dream is a simple one, be curious; challenge everything, ask questions, explore the unknown.

Due to its vast size and depth, the deep-pelagic ocean (200 meters and below) helps maintain the health of the planet by playing a role in carbon...

The ocean is divided into multiple depth zones; epipelagic (0-200m) mesopelagic (200-1000m), bathyal (1000-4000m), abyssal (4000-6000m) and the...

: Heather Welch, Elliott Hazen, and Stephanie Brodie; Posted On March 26, 2019

Ecological Forecasts to Improve Fisheries Sustainability

A new global database to better guide marine conservation efforts

Location intelligence is helping scientists understand how to protect an important marine ally in combating global warming.

How advancing technologies are changing the way scientists study the ocean