In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

A two-week research cruise off the coast of Brazil has returned with evidence of more than two dozen previously unknown creatures living in the deep ocean’s midwater zone, where sunlight never reaches ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. "We know there are many symbionts in the world, but it ...

By Sharon Atieno OnyangoFiji and Panama have launched a new global commitment to protect the “twilight zone”, one of the ocean’s most critical ecosystems.The zone covers an area of 200-1,000 meters ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. In new research published this week, a team led by ...

Shipping is one of the main sources of human-made sound in the ocean. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images In the early days of the pandemic, shipping activity around the world plummeted, ...

The ocean mixed layer forms the uppermost horizon of the ocean, intimately coupled to atmospheric processes and climate variability. Its depth, structure and properties evolve in response to wind ...

Tropical cyclones can have severe consequences for both the marine and terrestrial environments, as well as the organisms and communities who inhabit them. In the oceans, there can be alterations in ...