Marine Science

Putting sharks on the map: a new standard to identify important, global habitats

September 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Tayyibah Aziz, science writer Image: Shutterstock Many existing marine protected areas fail to adequately consider the needs of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, as data about [...]

Biggest fish in the sea are girls

September 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Female whale sharks are the world's largest fish: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Microbial ecology yields new insights for future shipwreck conservation

August 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Shipwreck habors a rich spatially structured microbial community: Frontiers in Microbiology [...]

Be an ocean champion for World Oceans Day

June 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

How can young people get involved in celebrating, researching and protecting our oceans on World Oceans Day? [...]

An inexpensive and fast clinical test that can save human lives and spares at-risk populations of horseshoe crabs

April 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

New method could save hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs per year and enable life-saving clinical uses for humans: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

eDNA expands species surveys to capture a more complete picture

January 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Casting a genetic net identifies more marine vertebrates than traditional surveys but has limits: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Researchers discover a flipping crab feeding on methane seeps

March 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

Researchers have documented a group of tanner crabs vigorously feeding at a methane seep on the seafloor off British Columbia - one of the first times a commercially harvested species has been seen using this energy source; Frontiers in Marine Science [...]