The deep ocean is filled with sea creatures like giant larvaceans. They're actually the size of tadpoles, but they're surrounded by a yard-wide bubble of mucus that collects food — and plastic.

We estimate that as these impacts ripple up the food chain, global fish catches could be reduced 20 percent by 2300, with decreases of more than 50 percent across the North Atlantic and several ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

For example, copepods, tiny crustaceans that live on the ocean floor, are prime nutrients for upper levels of the food chain in California's ocean waters. Their upwelling is unbelievable, Peterson ...

The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain.

Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19. The change reflects shifting concentrations of a ...

Jellyfish are more appetising to deep sea creatures than we thought – and scientists don't know why. A new way to peer inside the stomachs of ocean predators has scientists rethinking the food chain ...

Rapid sea ice loss and ocean acidification from climate change are altering the growth and nutritional value of microscopic algae. These algae are an essential food source for fish, krill, and ...

A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite data from 2009 to 2022, researchers from Duke University and the Georgia ...