Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the ...

Professor of marine biology Dr. Kory Evans answers your questions about fish from Twitter. Why are orcas attacking boats? What is the fastest creature in the sea? How do octopi change colors to match ...

The first time Jessica Pate swam beside a manta ray off Florida’s southern coast, the 8-foot-wide fish flipped belly-up and slowed to watch her. “I was kind of obsessed after that,” Pate says. The ...

Marine biologist Christian Parton examines viral shark footage and explains the behavior behind several unusual encounters.

Discovery of the new species from the Bay of Bengal demonstrates that the diversity of demersal fish of the eastern ...

Professors, students, and staff filled the room over capacity to hear Lonati’s perspectives on uher research. Lonati utilizes drone technology to observe right whale body conditions, which are used to ...

So, you’ve decided you want to become a marine biologist? Well, grab your snorkel, strap on your flippers, and prepare for a wild ride through the salty depths of academia! But fair warning: if you’re ...

Computers can count seals from aerial photographs with lightning speed and reliability. Based on their spatial patterns, the tiny dots on the aerial images can even be assigned to one of the two major ...

John Pearse, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, died on Friday, July 31, at his home in Pacific Grove, California. He was 84 and had been in hospice care for ...

If you’re obsessed with ocean animals, you might just be a future marine biologist or aquarist. Both careers revolve around aquatic life, but they play very different roles in understanding and caring ...

This is a report on my experience participating in the overnight program at the National Museum of Marine Biology and ...