Effective marine protection can more than triple dive tourism revenue

Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, ...

Researchers sound alarm after making concerning discovery in ocean depths: 'We are only beginning to understand'

To study the effect of oleamide, FAU scientists observed 31,500 interactions between the octopus and its prey of hermit crabs ...

A 500-Million-Year-Old Creature Just Revealed a New Species Hiding in Plain Sight

A routine genetic test in South Korea uncovered Acanthochitona feroxa, a chiton species misidentified for years.
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Crittenden's Orr aims for a biology degree

Gracie Orr wants to pursue a degree in biology to either study animals or help people as a sports therapist. Orr, a senior at Crittenden County High School and this week’s Murray State Teen of the ...

The Disappearing Worms Beneath Our Seas – and the Scientists Fighting Back

EuroWorm is building an open genomic inventory of European marine annelids to combat biodiversity loss and accelerate species discovery.

Boat traffic alters marine megafauna behavior, stress and population trends, global analysis finds

A new study provides a comprehensive global synthesis of how vessel traffic affects large marine wildlife, including whales, ...