Fusulines thrived in cold seas but vanished twice when warming from volcanoes rapidly spiked ocean carbon levels.

Although the team’s stated goal is to capture footage of an adult colossal squid in its natural environment, according to ...

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba and flagellates, which form the base of ocean food webs. Since these protists ...

Fossils unearthed in New Zealand reveal Kumimanu fordycei, a giant penguin species from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 pounds. This discovery, supported by Cambridge University and Te ...

More than 230 new giant viruses have been uncovered in global ocean datasets, revealing their critical role in shaping marine ecosystems and influencing the survival of key microorganisms like ...

The last surviving member of The Monkees is mourning the passing of a "true giant" of music, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. Since these protists ...

A young Marine's course certificate accidentally made it into thousands of government inboxes. The "reply allpocalypse" spurred a barrage of memes, making the corporal famous. The saga came to an ...

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral. Every year they sharpen it, it ...

Giant viruses were once mysterious. Now, they appear essential to the ocean’s balance. These viruses infect protists – single-celled marine life like algae, amoebas, and flagellates. Protists sit at ...