It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

ROCKVILLE, MD – Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

Seagrasses, which are plants adapted to live in the sea, are different ... help protect animals with shells or external skeletons. Seagrasses and phytoplankton near the ocean’s surface form ...

A deep sea creature known for living hundreds of meters below the water's surface in the darkness of the deep ocean was ...

In a sea teeming with some of the largest creatures on the planet, a University of Miami scientist is studying how big of an ...