The momentum of COP30 and the first global agreement for marine areas beyond national jurisdiction creates a unique ...

In the waters off South Korea, a modest sea sponge produces a molecule so unusual that chemists spent 14 years trying to make it. Now, a team at Yale has finally succeeded. Their success, published in ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

While they didn't live in a pineapple under the Phosphoria Sea, it turns out a good chunk of the prehistoric Intermountain ...

But (–)-gukulenin A, which was first isolated from the sea sponge Phorbas gukulensis, is more than just a pretty structure.

At about 10 o'clock every morning, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar's turquoise shallow tides to ...

The MARBLES team is excited to share a new breakthrough from the project! The study led by the University of Aberdeen and published in the journal Marine Drugs, has identified promising bioactive ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures. Reading time 2 minutes The deep ...

Scientists exploring the Southern Ocean just uncovered 30 new deep-sea species, including a carnivorous sponge nicknamed the "death ball" that catches prey with tiny hooks—pretty different from your ...

Male humpback dolphins off the northern coast of Western Australia have been spotted with sea sponges on their heads, with researchers claiming that this unusual behaviour is a mating tactic used to ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...