Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby.

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...

The ocean has always looked like a blank blue expanse on most maps, yet beneath that surface lies a layered, living ...

Ocean scientists have been utilizing satellite technology to provide a clearer look at the plankton that form the foundation of aquatic ecosystems. What they're finding, according to The New York ...

A coral reef at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Roughly 2 million species live in the world's oceans. But scientists ...

Quick Take Preventing global ecosystem collapse requires the 1 specific chemical process performed by marine bacteria. Over ...

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...

Scientists in Japan discovered microscopic fossils revealing that the North Pacific Ocean was once more interconnected. The ...