Fishing with nets dragged across the seabed is causing serious harm to marine life, according to a report released by the marine conservation organization OceanCare on Wednesday. The practice ...

Scientists have recently discovered a newly recognized and threatening ocean event: marine darkwaves. According to Science ...

Next up in the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series is Life Beneath the Waves: Uncovering the Science Behind the Santa Barbara Channel’s Kelp Forest Sanctuaries ...

Post-reproductive mother and son whales. (David Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Trump administration’s proposal to redefine the term “harm” under the ...

Cumulative productivity-weighted mean impacts on species ranges by taxon. (A) Distribution of mean predicted impact across species ranges (full range and coastal portions of range) from anthropogenic ...

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are ...

Every year, human activities release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat from the Sun, making the Earth warmer than it would be without them. Over 90% of ...

Recent studies have revealed fascinating connections between rising oxygen levels in deep-ocean environments and the evolution of marine life, particularly in the Late Devonian period. This research, ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 29, No. 11 (November 2023), pp. 1445-1457 (13 pages) Aim: Trait-based approaches are powerful to examine the processes associated with biological invasions.