Other types of sea spiders that don’t live near seeps largely eat other invertebrates. But the researchers found the new sea ...

In an increasingly connected world, rare earth metals with odd names such as lanthanum, cerium and yttrium have become ...

Researchers led by Dr. Xu Mingkai from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a ...

Single-cell plants called phytoplankton have a surprising way of remembering conditions in the past to help jump-start their ...

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. It considers processes that occur at the population, community and ecosystem levels and has a particular focus ...

An established body of theory exists for plant and animal ecology but the differences between microorganisms and 'large' organisms, and the extent to which these differences restrict the ...

Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are ...

Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of ...

The plan, released on the website of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, requires authorities to conduct ecological ...

Ancient trees are precious. There is little else on Earth that plays host to such a rich community of life within a single ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...