Science & the Sea

It’s no longer just a popular Beatles song—off the coast of central California, nearly two miles under the sea, is...

You might remember learning that mammals and birds are warmblooded, meaning their bodies can generate heat to maintain a fairly...

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, another epidemic began under the waves of the Caribbean Sea, extending from the...

The news was abuzz in June with reports of orcas ramming boats, but this wasn’t the first time groups of...

It’s not just whales that migrate thousands of miles across the seas. The songs they sing can cover long distances...

As you go further and further into the ocean’s depths, you pass through different zones named for the increasing darkness,...

Many marine creatures are monogamous, from butterflyfish and French angelfish to mantis shrimp and seahorses. But even monogamous species may...

A colony of garden eels often looks at first like sea grass swaying in the current—until you get closer. As...

They don’t have the same incredible sense of smell and ability to sense electrical activity of nearby prey that sharks...

Many species of egg-laying animals decide when it’s time for their offspring to leave the nest, but a little fish...