New research has found as climate change causes the world’s oceans to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished and into environments that are already difficult for them to survive in.

New analyses reveal how over 60 years a critical marine species has responded to ocean acidification

In spring and summer, conditions are often just right for populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.

Micro-CT scanning and digital reconstructions have been used to compare the skulls of the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) and wolf across their early development and into adulthood, establishing that not only did the thylacine resemble the wolf as adults, but also as newborns and juveniles.

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers' work will aid mosquito control efforts.

It lays eggs, but nurses, it is toothless, has a venomous spur, has webbed feet, fur that glows and has 10 sex chromosomes.

For more than seven years, a mysterious wasting disease has nearly killed off sea star populations around the world. Some of these species stand at the brink of extinction.

Fishermen contend with regulations, natural disasters, and the ups and downs of the stocks they fish, along with many other changes. 

In the future, the Antarctic could become a greener place and be colonised by new species. 

Soon after a team led by University of Oregon biologist Paul Cziko installed the McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory in 2017, the mesmerizing calls of Weddell seals roaming under Antarctica’s sea ice often lulled scientists to sleep.