Science & the Sea

It feels like ages ago that the entire country buckled down at home for months, keeping distance from others to...

Scientists discover dozens of new fish every year. Most often the biologists who identify these species are from a handful...

Every year scientists discover new species in the oceans, and 2021 was no different. In fact, researchers from the California...

As any parent or teacher knows, a roomful of kids suddenly going silent could mean trouble. As it turns out,...

More than four decades ago, a seal named Hoover began captivating visitors at Boston’s New England Aquarium. It wasn’t his...

The human body relies on sunlight to synchronize its internal clock. Light controls the release of hormones that tell our...

When most people hear “shark,” they picture a large, sleek-bodied predator slicing through the open water, perhaps with the triangle...

Perhaps you’ve heard of animals that can regrow lost body parts, like sea stars growing new arms or lizards regrowing...

In storybook tales of old, sailors feared the Sargasso Sea as a mythically cursed region where the mightiest ships mysteriously...

Many microbes perform a key function in the cycle of life: breaking down dead and decaying organisms. But this important...