Sri Lanka’s globally acclaimed marine biologist Asha de Vos was honoured on the international stage when her portrait and words were featured at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in ...

The documentary A Life Illuminated will make its Washington, D.C., premiere on March 19, the first night of the D.C. Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner. The film traces the ...

The new finding, made by researchers in a new era for marine biology, is the first such discovery of footage of an undescribed species of whiplash squ.

If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what ...

High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

The chain catshark may look like any other shark in daylight, but under blue light, its skin glows neon green. Here’s a breakdown of this remarkable adaptation.

The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one ...

In 1903, former UW zoology professor Trevor Kincaid and UW botany professor T.C. Frye founded what is now called the Friday Harbor Laboratories in the San Juan Islands. The islands’ rich and diverse ...

The students took part in a mini camp, which can range from one to three days, where they can explore marine biology up close ...

Martins Ferry High School Chy-Phy Honors Science Club embarked on its two-week long Chy-Phy Marine Biology Field Trip on ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...