A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' ...

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We conducted hierarchical (spatially nested) sampling of temperate reef fish faunas across > 140 degrees of longitude in the eastern and western South Pacific Ocean. Our sampling efforts spanned five ...

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help estimate ...

While researching an upcoming trip to Palau, a tiny island nation dotting Micronesia’s western edge, I found endless ...

The Panama Canal expansion had an unintended side effect: saltwater fish from both oceans are now swimming into the canal's ...

The oarfish, which is also referred to as the doomsday fish, is a deep-water creature and spends most of its time floating ...

Figure 1. Areas for assessing status and trends of fish and squid in the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (black lines). Labels indicate the sectors (first two letters) and zones ...