Ocean acidification threatens shell-building marine life. A study reveals mussels have a natural protective layer on their shells, like a varnish, that significantly reduces breakdown in acidic water.

The saga of the Klamath provokes a more fundamental, yet often ignored, set of questions: What is a river for? Irrigation?

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological ...

SINGAPORE] About 193 hectares (ha) of land off Changi will be reclaimed to develop an aviation park, with adjustments made to protect one of Singapore’s largest seagrass meadows, The Straits Times has ...

These populations inhabit the temperate rainforests and coastal areas of Southeast Alaska and have developed unique adaptations to their maritime environment. Unlike their interior counterparts that ...

Analysis of gull stomach contents confirms that whale blubber has become a significant component of their diet, rich in the fats and proteins that would traditionally come from fish or intertidal ...

However, the spatial reach at which tropical cyclones impact macrobenthos populations in intertidal flats remains poorly understood. We examined whether a typhoon with a center that remained more than ...

“The issue with that is Mendocino has over 300 intertidal species, and so the other guides have to eliminate a whole lot,” Towers said. “There’s also a priority for some things in Southern California ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, under ...

And that's kind of weird, because all the other small critters in the study gobbled up the stuff. A team led by zoologist Flávia de França from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil collected ...