Ocean dead zones – regions with levels of oxygen too low to sustain marine life – have grown to become a common feature of coastal regions around the world. A…
Researchers examining the chemical warfare taking place on Fijian coral reefs have found that one species of seaweed increases its production of noxious…
Sharks are typically aged by counting alternating opaque and translucent band pairs deposited in sequence in their vertebrae. It is unclear whether these band…
A newly published study on the clymene dolphin, a small and sleek marine mammal living in the Atlantic Ocean, shows that this species arose through natural…
That's the surprising conclusion of University of Michigan paleontologist Lauren Sallan and a University of Chicago colleague, who reanalyzed all known…
December temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: +0.27 C (about 0.49 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for December.Northern Hemisphere:…