The question is no longer whether China will take part in global ocean governance, but whether it aims to shape it-- and potentially lead it.

A new sponge species has been discovered off the coast of South Africa, named after a marine scientist whose work has ...

New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost ...

Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD), the French-Emirati university recognised for academic excellence and interdisciplinary research, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates ...

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...

Sciographies follows Dr. Rob Lennox’s path from early marine fascination to leading the Ocean Tracking Network and unlocking secrets of fish migration worldwide.

The footage was captured by a camera operated by the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, which studies life in some of the deepest, least-visited parts of the ocean. The camera was positioned near ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and the risk of “point of no return” tipping points require humanity to swiftly ...

Scientists propose that eukaryotes formed when an Asgard archaeon entered into a close partnership with an alphaproteobacterium. Over time, the two organisms became permanently linked. The ...

A tiny 3-millimetre crab has been discovered in Lakshadweep’s coral reefs. Named Galathea balasubramaniani, the species reveals how much of India’s marine biodiversity remains unexplored.