Beneath Sri Lanka’s serene waters, a pearl oyster cherished her pearl, living in harmony. But disaster struck when a blazing ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents ...

Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s ...

focusing on the trophic connectivity of species and assemblages in deep pelagic waters.

Target identification is the process of identifying the direct molecular target – for example protein or nucleic acid – of a small molecule. In clinical pharmacology, target identification is ...

A sea lion has a seizure at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. (William Liang/For The Times) ...

Daniele Bianchi, an assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been studying what causes this normally benign plankton species to start secreting lethal ...

Zooplankton were identified to the lowest taxonomic level ... requires the skills and knowledge of expert taxonomists to correctly identify specimens to the species level so that a molecular ecologist ...

If you consider all of the most important things an electric SUV needs, the Volkswagen ID 4 should be the perfect box-ticker. After all, it’s big and practical, and its latest facelift has given ...

There are an estimated 8.7 million organisms alive today, of which only around 1.2 million have been recorded, including 950,000 animal species. The estimates are based on trends in biodiversity data ...

After analyzing 97,829 genes, the co-authors found gene expression patterns suggesting different plankton species absorb phosphorus at different times of day. Bacteria that primarily rely on ...