Explainer - Authorities are warning the public to check local regulations before casting a fishing line or gathering ...

Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

A study led by the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) proposes a new and simple method to assess the state of coastal rocky ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea: monitoring the grazing ...

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ...

Nestled in the rocky, shallow areas of bays, tide pools, and kelp forests in Central and Northern California is a species of abalone which has been an important part of local life for centuries. Red ...

Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...