Parasitic isopods, particularly those within the family Cymothoidae, represent a remarkable example of host‐parasite coevolution in marine environments. These crustaceans attach to or embed ...

Driving along the Stuart Highway from Tennant Creek to Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory, you might be more aware of lone eagles flying high above than what lies in the groundwaters beneath.

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, the Dumbo octopus in this YouTube video looks like it waltzed ...

They snack on isopods, amphipods, copepods, and bristle worms, all of which they happily swallow whole. Finding Love in the Abyss Scientists think Dumbo octopuses live three to five years.

An odd species has been discovered under rare circumstances in the depths of the San Antón water mine in Seville province Spain. The tiny isopod crustacean was named the Carmona isopod (Baeticoniscus ...

There are about 2,000 gigatonnes of carbon stored on land. In comparison, the ocean holds a massive 37,700 gigatonnes of carbon. That’s over 18 times more! Most of this carbon stays locked in the ...

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

While swimming is not allowed in the lake, access to the wading pool area and beach is open. The city hopes to allow swimming again on June 27. CORRECTION: A previous version of this article ...

UPDATED: June 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM EDT Health officials on Thursday issued updated swimming advisories for beaches in Newport News and Hampton.

A century after Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River due to pollution, there’s a push to allow swimming again. On Tuesday, around 200 people swam in ...

Luka Mijatovic, 16, turned heads at the 2025 U.S. Swimming Championships on Wednesday, breaking Michael Phelps' 200-meter freestyle record in grand fashion.