Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution to the carbon export "highway" compared to their fast-sinking feces, ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

In the sea as on land, climate change is driving shifts in the abundance and distribution of species. Scientists are just ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to many species of shark, including the largest shark, the whale shark. Whale sharks are ...

Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...

When seafood is purchased and consumed, it's seafood that's either farm-raised or wild-caught. Over half of the seafood being bought and consumed is farm-raised, and this seafood is farmed through ...

Visitors on a Fullers Great Sights sightseeing tour got a treat, at the weekend, when about 50 manta rays gave them an ...

Whales for example can absorb tons of carbon as their diet consists mainly of plankton and tiny shrimplike crustaceans called krill. A single whale can absorb around 33 tonnes, or 33,000 kilograms ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.