In their earliest days, most ocean-faring fish actually reside in calm ribbons of water at the surface, taking advantage of the food and shelter they can provide. Unfortunately, these aquatic ...

Who knew that baby salmon were such explorers? The long-held understanding that baby salmon emerge from the streams where they hatched to head out to sea actually is missing a far more complex story – ...

A common close partnership which sees baby fish sheltering from predators among the poisonous tentacles of jellyfish will be harmed under predicted ocean acidification, a new University of Adelaide ...

Editor’s note: Science Magazine retracted the study described below on May 26, 2017, citing the following reasons: “(i) lack of ethical approval for the experiments; (ii) absence of original data for ...

About ten years ago, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch entered the American imagination as a swirling island of trash floating atop the ocean. In reality, the garbage patch is almost invisible, though ...

Baby reef fish have an internal magnetic 'compass' that directs them home at night, world-first research has revealed. Baby reef fish have an internal magnetic 'compass' that directs them home at ...