Seamounts attract sharks and marine predators, with 41 times more sharks than open waters. These mountains act as social hubs ...

Plastic doesn't biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show ... made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is connected to underwater sensors ...

The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds vital nutrients, such as copper and iron, critical to mar ...

This dust, rich with iron and other nutritious minerals, is critically important to ocean food chains and helps regulate the planet's climate. A new paper, written by University of Georgia ...

Some seamounts create upwellings of minerals that support bountiful phytoplankton (tiny drifting plants that are the first link in ocean food chains). Such quantities of phytoplankton can support ...

Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food chain. Marine mammals like sea otters that rely on shellfish may be in trouble. Studies show that, if left unchecked, within our ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...