Neanderthals living on the coast of what is now Italy dived underwater to collect shells which they then made into tools, research has revealed. For a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

The dynamics of freeze and thaw events in Antarctic sea ice impart chemical changes in the underlying sea water. Trace metals in sea ice and accumulated through deposition of dust are released into ...

Some critters have more star power than others. It helps to be cute like sea otters or monarch butterflies. Or gracefully dangerous like great white sharks and mountain lions. Or edible like abalone ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s low tide in Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, California, and Hannah Hensel is ...

At the reef, an octopus forages, spreading its eight arms to form a living umbrella as it covers a coral head. This master of change is the first of many reef residents that is encountered as an alien ...