Marine Biology News

Walt Whitman marine biology teacher John Karavias on his expedition. By Steve Bartholomew It was a dream that he thought just might be out of reach.

As many young people head back to school this fall, Mary Akers' students are going under the sea.

Humans are causing global warming and humans can do something about it, according to Steven Kazlowski, who has spent eight years photographing polar bears and their changing environment in the arctic.

In an effort to save and protect Pacific coral reefs from predicted mass coral bleaching, marine conservationists from Hawaii and across the Pacific will be getting together this week on Moku O Loe, to train ...

A California gray whale prepares to dive deep off Depoe Bay by raising its tail flukes to propel itself downward.

M.K. Udrovich was just one of about 50 Scheels employees who watched as tropical and exotic fish were dropped into the nearly completed store's 16,000-gallon saltwater aquarium Friday.

From the MarMam email list: The following is posted as a courtesy to Dr. William E. Evans , who is pleased to announce the recent release of his new book published by Pensoft Publishers - Fifty Years of Flukes ...

When the British whaling ship Gledstanes sank off Kure Atoll in 1837, those onboard escaped unharmed, but the ship was lost to the depths - until scientists discovered it last month.

Leigha Curtin chose to spend part of her summer studying -- but her classroom offered plenty of features to make it worthwhile -- such as beaches, a boat, clear skies and warm water.

Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the world's oceans down a rapid spiral, and only prompt and wholesale changes will slow or perhaps ultimately reverse the catastrophic problems they are ...

Q: I read in Sunday's lifestyle where kids can attend "sea camp" hosted by Texas A&M. When can I sign my child up? A: Registration for 2009 sea camps with Texas A&M Galveston have not yet begun.

Box jellyfish have been seen off the coast of North Carolina for many years, with greater numbers showing up recently along the coast.

WHO: Katherine J. Kedenburg, 21, Dry Hill Road, was a marine biology student at the University of New Hampshire who withdrew from school to study endangered leatherback turtles in Costa Rica.

Venomous jellyfish that inflict painful stings are sparking the interest of researchers as they show up on the beaches and in waterways of southeastern North Carolina.

Scientists have used DNA to determine the Pacific and Atlantic goliath grouper are distinct species.

The dramatic-sounding Pacific Abyss, a new documentary series on BBC1, certainly gets off to a spectacular start.

Submitted by WWAY on 19 August 2008 - 5:02pm. A new study indicates that waterways in coastal areas around the world are suffering.

High resolution NOAA has selected nine scholars as national recipients of the Dr.

Kevin MacNeel was not expecting to kill all his research subjects this summer. "I will never eat a Tanner crab again," said MacNeel, a University of Alaska Southeast student.

Wires, lots of Aussie Ink: Deep-diving elephant seals make pretty good autonomous underwater vehicles for polar ocean studies Strapping, gluing, or embedding instruments on or in marine creatures is nothing new ...