Science & the Sea

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

Sometimes scientists searching for one thing stumble unexpectedly onto another. A few years ago, a research team did just that,...

If Finding Nemo had been more scientifically accurate, it may have caught Disney fans off guard: Nemo’s dad, Marlin, would...

Most people know that electricity and water don’t mix, but it’s not a problem for fish that produce their own...

Seahorses and pipefish may be beautiful and graceful creatures, but they’re not the speediest of fish. In fact, they swim...

Getting a good whiff of your partner to decide if he’s the right man for you may sound familiar –...

When most people think about math, they’re probably not thinking of marine creatures. Yet one of the most famous sequences...

The thought of “synchronized swimming” may call to mind the Olympic event or perhaps white-capped women in old Hollywood musicals....

Deep below the Arctic Ocean lies a mid-ocean ridge system that meanders for 1,100 miles along the sea floor. Mid-ocean...

Perhaps it’s not surprising that a creature as fierce looking as the angler fish has pretty extreme mating habits — ...