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

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 ...

Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists identify a new marine fungus that attacks toxic algae, offering insight into natural controls on blooms that ...

Microscopic organisms in the ocean play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study unveils a hidden biological factor that could change our understanding of how this ...

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

An expansive, glowing mass of marine life has been observed from space off the southern coast of Australia. NASA satellites captured the unusual turquoise glow blooming across the Great Australian ...

Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University of ...