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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Sunlight, the lifeblood of the ocean’s surface, penetrates ...

Plastic waste releases a chemical that can confuse ocean animals, change hunting behavior, and disrupt marine food chains.

A global study finds that everyday boat traffic can disrupt ocean animals like whales, sharks, and sea turtles - even without collisions.

Marine animals can be fascinating and very beautiful. However, you should not approach some of them. Some fish and jellyfish are highly poisonous, and contact can sometimes be fatal. Read here about ...

Research for the study — with Maria “Duda” Santos at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab and University of the Ryukyus at the helm — began with a moment of ...

Legend has it that physicist Ernest Rutherford once dismissed all sciences other than physics as mere “stamp collecting.” (Whether he actually said it is a matter of some debate.) But we now live in ...

Plastic waste in the water might be stopping -- or interrupting -- some shrimp-like creatures from reproducing. In a unique study, the ability of 'shrimp like' creatures to reproduce successfully was ...

SEA LIFE San Antonio is on the hunt for the city’s very first Mini Marine Biologist, and young sea-life fans are invited to make a splash. To enter, kids must submit a 100-word essay explaining why ...