One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine species.

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

The underwater volcano Borealis Mud Volcano is located in the Barents Sea and was first discovered by researchers at UiT The ...

Life on Earth extends far beyond the vibrant rainforests and sunlit coral reefs. Deep below the surface, an extraordinary ...

Marine microorganisms, especially certain strains of microalgae and thraustochytrids, have emerged as promising sources for the sustainable production of these valuable compounds. Recent research ...

Briarane-type diterpenoids are a class of natural compounds primarily derived from marine organisms, particularly soft corals and gorgonians. These compounds have garnered significant interest due ...

Smoke and ash could poison plankton and other organisms that form the foundation of the marine food chain, biologists say.

A new article published in the journal Oryx examines the efficacy and perception of queen conch (Aliger gigas) conservation ...

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

The Winter School brought together 12 participants from 11 countries—Argentina, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ghana, Italy, Namibia, Nigeria, Malaysia, the Philippines and Portugal—for two weeks of ...

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean sponge once thought to be extinct in the wild. But their excitement ...