Biology Marine biology

A international team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has carried out a scientific investigation on dolphin liberation in South Korea.

Big data shows that large marine vertebrates move differently, but consistently, through coastal and ocean waters.

Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.

An electronic tag that stretches and flexes while it records location and environmental data can monitor marine animals in their natural habitat.

In the longest running study of its kind, researchers found sea urchin populations were strongly affected by human-driven environmental changes.

Researchers show how a fish species in Lake Tanganyika works together to secure additional food sources.

HKUST Researchers Identify Irreversible Adverse Effects of Microbeads on Marine Animals’ Growth and Development

Researchers led by Nagoya University discover penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of western Mongolia, revealing earlier onset of the “agronomic revolution”.

A comparison of the genomes of two species of coral demonstrates unexpected genetic diversity.

Jumping genes could make an alga, and its coral host, more tolerant to warming sea temperatures.

Some species of fish have special adaptive mechanisms that could improve their chances of surviving the greenhouse effect.

Turbulence and nutrient availability drive changes in Red Sea microbes.

The world’s warmest sea is heating up faster than the global average, which could challenge the ability of the Red Sea’s organisms to cope.

Satellite imagery shows how currents shape the Red Sea ecosystem.

Two researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Toyama find scale-eating fish have a naturally stronger side for attacking prey fish, and learn to use the dominant side through experience.

When faced with high salinity, the tiny plant cells within coral tissue alter their metabolites to better cope with stress.

A research team in Korea succeeded in measuring multichannel EEG of zebrafish using non-invasive method. It is expected to be used in the development of new drugs to treat brain diseases such as epilepsy syndrome.

Scientists at University of Malaya, Malaysia, have found that the seagrass meadows in Johor harbor three times more juvenile fish than coral reefs. They also found that the dugong herds there prefer certain types of meadows over others.

The genome sequences of two "false" corals offer a window into the evolution of calcification, which may help their reef-building cousins.

A team at Qatar University has discovered a new species of crab during an exploration trip on the research vessel Janan. The trip aimed to investigate marine benthic biodiversity within the Qatar Marine Zone.

Data from a global oceanographic expedition predict how rising temperatures influence growth of plankton populations.

Researchers in Hong Kong have assembled the 1.64 gigabytes genome of a deep-sea mussel. The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and giant clams.

Careful marine management and stricter fishing laws could enable Saudi Arabia’s coral reefs to thrive.