The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their ...

A study reveals how bacteria present in marine particles maintain the oceanic nitrogen cycle, providing ecological stability ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...

An increasingly common way to keep tabs on coral reef health is by measuring microorganisms in the local seawater.

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

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

Scientists say they have discovered a new species of methane-powered spiders that live at the bottom of the ocean.

The heat is on as the summer surf season starts Friday, June 20. The ocean temperature has reached the mid-60s. Two ...

Vietnam’s first marine protected area, Nha Trang Bay, has lost nearly 200 hectares (494 acres) of coral reef since its ...