Whale sharks are filter feeders and have long been observed eating krill at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef. But when researchers analysed biopsy samples from whale sharks at the reef, they ...

Museum samples from the USS Albatross. (Photo by John Whalen, Old Dominion University) At this year’s annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Baltimore, almost two dozen students and ...

Steven A. Berkeley, an influential fisheries ecologist whose research helped propel the expansion of marine reserves, died at home in Scotts Valley on June 27 after a year-long battle with cancer. He ...

A new study of major U.S.-based online retailers of marine fish bound for aquariums found that nearly 90% of traded species are sourced exclusively from the wild, including a number of threatened ...

Marine scientists are calling for more focused management strategies and further interventions to secure the future of marine ecosystems and key fish species, as well as "near threatened" dolphins and ...

An analysis extending from southern Portugal to northern Norway highlights the importance of temperature in determining where fish species are found. An analysis extending from southern Portugal to ...

Pacific white-sided dolphins are often seen hunting along the coastline of British Columbia within metres of orca. Although orca frequently share their prey captures with pod members, they hunt ...

There are many things to consider before you get a pet saltwater fish. Fish tank. Also called marine aquariums, saltwater fish tanks take more care than freshwater tanks because they are considered an ...

Students at Pearl River High School study marine science in a room lined with several saltwater aquariums. During a recent visit to the class, teams of two students each took a fish from their tanks ...