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Not All Blooms Are Bad: Cyanobacteria and Young Fish in the Baltic
Ecology

Not All Blooms Are Bad: Cyanobacteria and Young Fish in the Baltic

Nitrogen traced from algae to fish reveal an interesting ecological win.
September 4, 2025September 5, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Uncovering Sharks and Rays of Frégate Island
Biodiversity

Uncovering Sharks and Rays of Frégate Island

New research catalogs the elasmobranchs of Frégate Island, Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean.
September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Braden Furness
Volcanic Seesaw Recorded by Ancient Corals
Geology

Volcanic Seesaw Recorded by Ancient Corals

Even volcanoes like the playground!
August 28, 2025November 24, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
The Unlikely Friendship between Octopus and Fish
Ecology

The Unlikely Friendship between Octopus and Fish

Fish are friends...with octopus who help them feed.
August 26, 2025 Melinda Edie
Seal Song in the Southern Ocean
Ecology Natural History

Seal Song in the Southern Ocean

Finding a mate in the open ocean can be difficult - are male leopard seals singing to get round this…
August 8, 2025August 7, 2025 Claire Lacey
Seaweed, the slimy savior of the sea
Ecology

Seaweed, the slimy savior of the sea

Algae versus algae: meet the green team fighting toxic blooms.
August 6, 2025August 13, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Missing Adult Salmon Found
Ecology

Missing Adult Salmon Found

Environmental DNA is used to investigate Pacific salmon distribution in the Gulf of Alaska.
August 4, 2025August 3, 2025 Braden Furness
Can New Technology Reduce Interactions Between Sharks and Humans?
Coastal Management

Can New Technology Reduce Interactions Between Sharks and Humans?

Scientists are exploring new technologies that could protect humans from sharks, and vice versa, at popular swimming beaches in Australia.
July 31, 2025August 3, 2025 Melinda Edie
Seeing Magma Under the Seafloor
Geology

Seeing Magma Under the Seafloor

Scientists send vibrations through the Earth to see magma beneath an underwater volcano.
July 31, 2025July 30, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
The patchy quilt of the deep-sea: polymetallic nodule fields
Conservation deep sea Ecology

The patchy quilt of the deep-sea: polymetallic nodule fields

Deep-sea diversity is shaped not only by the animals, but also by the diverse habitats that are homes to distinct…
July 11, 2025July 9, 2025 Gabrielle Ellis
A Story of Fishers and Dolphins in Southern Brazil
Conservation

A Story of Fishers and Dolphins in Southern Brazil

The incredible tale of humans and wild dolphins working together
July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 Claire Lacey
Secret Sharks in a Chilean Fjord
Ecology

Secret Sharks in a Chilean Fjord

A first of its kind elasmobranch inventory was conducted in the Comau Fjord, Chile.
July 1, 2025 Braden Furness
Anglerfish, Frogfish, Batfish (and more), Oh My!
Genetics

Anglerfish, Frogfish, Batfish (and more), Oh My!

Frogfish, anglerfish, batfish, and their cousins!.. Or... Siblings..?!
June 26, 2025August 13, 2025 Jasper Meagher
Opening our eyes in the deep, dark ocean
deep sea

Opening our eyes in the deep, dark ocean

Our visits to the deep sea are numerous, but how well do we know this remote ecosystem?
June 12, 2025June 11, 2025 Gabrielle Ellis
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt
Ecology

The Great Whale Conveyor Belt

Whales don’t just migrate—they fertilize the sea as they go!
June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 Claire Lacey
Ferry Whale Watch
Ecology

Ferry Whale Watch

How do you go find whales and dolphins in bad weather? Ride the ferry of course!
June 2, 2025June 1, 2025 Braden Furness
Don’t forget about the little guys: documenting diversity in the ocean
Biodiversity

Don’t forget about the little guys: documenting diversity in the ocean

Diversity in the world's oceans is biased towards larger animals, with so many small organisms still undiscovered.
May 19, 2025June 3, 2025 Gabrielle Ellis
Tiny, Lazy, Dominant
Ecology

Tiny, Lazy, Dominant

How the ocean's top microbe outsourced its weakness.
May 8, 2025August 13, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Keep it Down!
Human impacts

Keep it Down!

Human made noise in the ocean may be stressing crustaceans out.
May 5, 2025 Braden Furness
When cells started snacking
Biological oceanography Ecology

When cells started snacking

Algae rose, protists gorged, and the modern ocean was born.
April 4, 2025August 13, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz

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