Science & the Sea

Just under a million years ago, a major pattern in Earth’s climate suddenly changed. Instead of having an ice age...

When a sea star (a.k.a. starfish) develops wasting syndrome, the disease hits hard and fast. Lesions appear on the star’s...

When the going gets tough, purple sea urchins appear to get tougher, or at least tough enough to possibly cope...

At 21 months, elephant pregnancies last more than twice as long as human pregnancies, and frilled sharks carry their embryos...

A rapid ascent from deep water to the surface means a rapid drop in pressure. That can expand a fish’s...

Fields of dandelions are a familiar sight each spring, but another kind of dandelion is so rare that scientists are...

Survival of the fittest has been a law of nature since the beginning of life, but sometimes that struggle begins...

For almost any object in the sea, there’s a creature who will feed on it – even if it’s a...

Perhaps you’ve heard of a full moon so bright you can read by its light. But what if you could...

When we think of a pristine shoreline, we don’t usually picture manmade structures in the scene, but jetties and retaining...