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Marine Biology

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), a small shark species, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

Sharks Display Unique Healing Abilities, Unlocking Potential Biomedical Applications

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans

Zooplankton, tiny sea animals at the base of the food web, are on the move in the arctic as the North Pole’s ice cap retreats. Predators, including humans and whales, will follow.

Warming waters of the Arctic could pose a threat to Pacific right whales

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish pictured with coral.

Reef-devouring predator survives coral bleaching and feasts on the survivors

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. A study from Wild Orca and UC Davis' SeaDoc Society investigate what may be behind it.

Why are killer whales harassing and killing porpoises without eating them?

Categories Life & Non-humans

A baby hammerhead during development with a nascent hammerhead snout.

A look at how monsters form: How the hammerhead gets its hammer

Categories Life & Non-humans

An aggregation of female pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) nesting at the Octopus Garden, located near Davidson Seamount off the Central California at a depth of approximately 3,200 meters. Researchers used MBARI's advanced technology to confirm pearl octopus gather at the Octopus Garden to mate and nest. Warm water from hydrothermal springs accelerates development of octopus embryos, giving young octopus a better chance of survival.

Why thousands of octopus migrate to deep-sea thermal springs

Categories Life & Non-humans

The buoy used to collect barnacles to conduct the growth experiment for this study.

Barnacles may help reveal location of lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Categories Life & Non-humans

In Florida, endangered coral finds a way to blossom

Categories Technology

Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey

Ancient Sea Scourge Not So Fearsome After All

Categories Life & Non-humans

Scientists from SeaDoc Society, a UC Davis veterinary program, are concerned about gray patches observed on the skin of endangered southern resident killer whales.

Skin disease in endangered killer whales concerns scientists

Categories Life & Non-humans

Megalodons, which went extinct 3.6 million years ago, are believed to have grown to lengths of 50 feet.

Megalodon, the Largest Marine Predator, Had Warm-Blooded Qualities that Contributed to its Extinction

Categories Life & Non-humans

A new species of early toothed whale

New Species of Ancient Toothed Whale Unveiled: Olympicetus thalassodon

Categories Life & Non-humans

Oceans to get better protection with connected underwater technology

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