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Marine Biology
Marine Biology: the scientific study of organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 30 meters (98 feet) in length.
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NOV 25, 2016Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Three Omani sailors who were exploring the waters at the end of last month found something they weren’t expecting ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists have been observing an interesting “lake” at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico for years because i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Unfortunately for a little Adelie penguin named Wonder Twin, located in SeaWorld of Orlando, Florida, feather loss is im ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to the ocean, it’s survival of the fittest. The wilderness of the ocean waters can be harsh and unpr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Optical illusions are things that make us see something that isn’t actually real. In many cases, visual signals, s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 23, 2016Videos
When you're diving, you should always be careful of the possible dangers around you. Sea life can be unpredictable, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Just following the days of being stormed on by Hurricane Nicole at the end of last week, Bermuda and the surrounding isl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Videos
In a diving adventure near Guadalupe Island, a diver was enjoying his time inside of a safety cage and was being surroun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 10, 2016Plants & Animals
An African Penguin known as Buddy to Bayworld Oceanarium in Port Elizabeth may now be struggling to survive in the wild ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A powerful new microscopy tool has been created by researchers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) capable ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Plants & Animals
For at least 28 years, Dee Boersma, a professor of biology from the University of Washington, and her colleagues have be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Videos
It's not every day that humpback whales start swimming around your boat while you're cruising through the middle of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 24, 2016Plants & Animals
It has long been known that dolphins are some of the brightest wild creatures on the planet, but it wasn’t until r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Plants & Animals
There are government regulations to protect endangered species of fish from being processed by fisheries and then sold i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2016Videos
Diver and college student Tyler McQuillen was in the middle of enjoying a dive off of the coast of Santa Barbara this mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2016Plants & Animals
According to organization Russian Orcas, an all-white-colored killer whale has been spotted in Russian waters for the fi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists with OCEARCH believe they may have found something truly unique in the ocean waters surrounding Long Island, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2016Plants & Animals
Loggerhead turtles are an endangered species, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2016
Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Three Omani sailors who were exploring the waters at the end of last month found something they weren’t expecting
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been observing an interesting “lake” at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico for years because i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Unfortunately for a little Adelie penguin named Wonder Twin, located in SeaWorld of Orlando, Florida, feather loss is im
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to the ocean, it’s survival of the fittest. The wilderness of the ocean waters can be harsh and unpr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Optical illusions are things that make us see something that isn’t actually real. In many cases, visual signals, s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 23, 2016
Videos
When you're diving, you should always be careful of the possible dangers around you. Sea life can be unpredictable, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Just following the days of being stormed on by Hurricane Nicole at the end of last week, Bermuda and the surrounding isl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
In a diving adventure near Guadalupe Island, a diver was enjoying his time inside of a safety cage and was being surroun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
An African Penguin known as Buddy to Bayworld Oceanarium in Port Elizabeth may now be struggling to survive in the wild
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A powerful new microscopy tool has been created by researchers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) capable
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
For at least 28 years, Dee Boersma, a professor of biology from the University of Washington, and her colleagues have be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Videos
It's not every day that humpback whales start swimming around your boat while you're cruising through the middle of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
It has long been known that dolphins are some of the brightest wild creatures on the planet, but it wasn’t until r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are government regulations to protect endangered species of fish from being processed by fisheries and then sold i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2016
Videos
Diver and college student Tyler McQuillen was in the middle of enjoying a dive off of the coast of Santa Barbara this mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
According to organization Russian Orcas, an all-white-colored killer whale has been spotted in Russian waters for the fi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists with OCEARCH believe they may have found something truly unique in the ocean waters surrounding Long Island,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
Loggerhead turtles are an endangered species, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard