Marine life may be more resilient to climate stress than previously thought, thanks to shifting oxygen levels in coastal ...

The world's oceans are being rapidly transformed as climate change intensifies. Corals are bleaching, sea levels are rising, ...

"The ocean and society are deeply intertwined. When marine diseases disrupt ecosystems, it always has consequences for humans, through impacts on health, the economy, and cultural identity.

When the ice shelf calved, an international team of researchers was studying marine ice ecosystems aboard Falkor (Too), an oceanographic research vessel belonging to the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI).

And that diversity offers scientists a puzzle. An octopus rests on the seafloor 3,700 feet deep in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica. The ecosystem is the site of several underwater gullies.

The understanding of jellyfish ecology has broadened considerably in recent years, reshaping our perceptions of marine ecosystems. Once deemed trophic dead ends with minimal influence, jellyfish ...

Ecosystem engineers are species whose behaviors help build, modify and maintain an array of underwater worlds. None of these creatures are impacting our ocean like human beings, however.