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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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APR 15, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2021Plants & Animals
Parasites abound throughout the natural world. While not all of them cause the host's death, this newly discovered p ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 05, 2021Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2021Plants & Animals
Octopuses are known to sleep and change their colors while they do it. Researchers have now linked these color changes t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 31, 2021Microbiology
Scientists took an exploratory journey to a place in the central Pacific Ocean in Kirbati called the Phoenix Islands Pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2021Plants & Animals
Beachgoers are certainly not fond of jellyfish in the water, but seeing hundreds of them wash ashore is an interesting a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 26, 2021Plants & Animals
The ability to communicate with one another to coordinate behaviors contributes to the success of social mammals, like b ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 22, 2021Plants & Animals
While there was a brutal winter storm in the Texas region only a few weeks ago, climate change is causing winters to war ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Some of the most interesting—and possibly strangest—scientific discoveries happen by accident. According to ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Many issues plague the iconic orcas of the Pacific Northwest United States, including declining salmon populations. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 08, 2021Microbiology
A new type of endosymbiosis has been discovered; the organisms are shown in this image by S. Ahmerkamp, Max Planck Insti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2021Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 03, 2021Plants & Animals
Vocal communication is a primary key to survival for many species, including the Arctic Ocean's bearded seals. Accor ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 25, 2021Plants & Animals
Fish may seem to just swim around without much thought or character. But new research reported in Ecology and Evolution ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2021Plants & Animals
In addition to the millions of humans who suffered through Texas' historic freeze last week, local wildlife also exp ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 19, 2021Plants & Animals
Washington’s Puget Sound is famously home to resident and transient orca pods. However, during their yearly migrat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 18, 2021Plants & Animals
In a discovery touted as a "fortunate accident," scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) stumbled u ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 17, 2021Microbiology
There are species of bacteria that grow into centimeters-long colonies that have a cable shape and share a common coat. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Long ago, aquatic animals adapted to live on land, and this initial group of land-dwelling vertebrates are known as tetr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Earth & The Environment
Important new information on coral spawning can now be found all in one place, reports a recent study published in Natur ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 15, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2021
Plants & Animals
Parasites abound throughout the natural world. While not all of them cause the host's death, this newly discovered p
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 05, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2021
Plants & Animals
Octopuses are known to sleep and change their colors while they do it. Researchers have now linked these color changes t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 31, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists took an exploratory journey to a place in the central Pacific Ocean in Kirbati called the Phoenix Islands Pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2021
Plants & Animals
Beachgoers are certainly not fond of jellyfish in the water, but seeing hundreds of them wash ashore is an interesting a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 26, 2021
Plants & Animals
The ability to communicate with one another to coordinate behaviors contributes to the success of social mammals, like b
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 22, 2021
Plants & Animals
While there was a brutal winter storm in the Texas region only a few weeks ago, climate change is causing winters to war
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Some of the most interesting—and possibly strangest—scientific discoveries happen by accident. According to
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Many issues plague the iconic orcas of the Pacific Northwest United States, including declining salmon populations.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 08, 2021
Microbiology
A new type of endosymbiosis has been discovered; the organisms are shown in this image by S. Ahmerkamp, Max Planck Insti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 03, 2021
Plants & Animals
Vocal communication is a primary key to survival for many species, including the Arctic Ocean's bearded seals. Accor
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 25, 2021
Plants & Animals
Fish may seem to just swim around without much thought or character. But new research reported in Ecology and Evolution
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Plants & Animals
In addition to the millions of humans who suffered through Texas' historic freeze last week, local wildlife also exp
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 19, 2021
Plants & Animals
Washington’s Puget Sound is famously home to resident and transient orca pods. However, during their yearly migrat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
In a discovery touted as a "fortunate accident," scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) stumbled u
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 17, 2021
Microbiology
There are species of bacteria that grow into centimeters-long colonies that have a cable shape and share a common coat.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Long ago, aquatic animals adapted to live on land, and this initial group of land-dwelling vertebrates are known as tetr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Important new information on coral spawning can now be found all in one place, reports a recent study published in Natur
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan