Marine Biology News

Cephalopods have been rocking my world since I was in grade school. I pursued them through a BA in marine biology at the University of California... The Freeport News--"Grand Bahama's First Newspaper"--ran an article today that was a mix of highly detailed biology and complete bone-headed confusion.

With galleries dedicated to animals and habitats throughout the Pacific Ocean, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is the fourth largest aquarium in the United States.

Three Mehlville High School girls soccer players signed letters of intent Monday to play college soccer in the fall.

An international group of scientists led by UCSB researchers demonstrated the effects of carbon dioxide on the acidity of the ocean's surface.

Aaron Hartmann, a Ph.D. student at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is beginning a weekly blog called "Science Minded" for U-T San Diego.

Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia.

Ryan Freedman, a student at CSU Long Beach, shows shark teeth to students Friday at Red Oak Elementary School in Oak Park.

University of Miami Rosenstiel School graduate student Sean Bignami is the recipient of a prestigious grant from the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation.

The U.S. military's tech still isn't sophisticated enough to consistently tell Aunt Irma apart from Terrorist Jane.

Researchers in the Marine Science Dept. released the results of the largest study on ocean acidification ever conducted, revealing that global warming leads to destructive increases in ocean acidity levels.

The film Otter 501 transcends your standard issue nature porn documentary, and offers a compelling look at how the Monterrey Bay Aquarium takes stranded and abandoned otter pups and trains them to be more or less self sufficient back in their natural environment - in other words, Born Free for otters.

Cephalopods have been rocking my world since I was in grade school. I pursued them through a BA in marine biology at the University of California... Most of the time, fishermen fish for one particular creature--be it tuna, sardines, or shrimp.

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Johnston, who runs a marine biology lab at Duke University, wanted the digital tome to show undergraduate students what his scientific field has to offer.

The frequency at which droplets emerge is controlled by an acoustic trigger, which can be tuned so that each droplet containing a protein or virus meets an incoming pulse of x-rays. Might a penguin's next meal be affected by the exhaust from your tailpipe? The answer may be yes, when you add your exhaust fumes to the total amount of carbon dioxide ... (more)

The image shows a SeaFET pH sensor deployed underneath approximately 12 feet of sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Ross Island, Antarctica, in Oct.

A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.

Scientists have discovered an outbreak of coral disease called Montipora White Syndrome in Kane ohe Bay, O ahu.

Just one person can change the world and the way we live life. Manatee School for the Arts sixth-graders went on a field trip on Jan.

Long ago we had about three or so, and only during the summer. But as our reputation for having one of the best opportunities for hands-on experience with sea turtles grew so did our stable of interns.