The critical population of Chesapeake Bay oysters is on the mend, after numbers decreased due to over harvesting, habitat destruction, and disease. This is outstanding news, as oysters are essential ...

Animals living in one of Earth’s most extreme ... how the ecosystem functions. “Deep-sea benthic communities have often been seen as low in diversity and biomass due to harsh conditions ...

Video footage from 36 Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia Island sites revealed that ship anchoring leaves areas almost ...

Types of large sea slugs called the California sea hare and black sea hare can be found off the coast and in tide pools ...

These animals are often among the first to colonize ... well-preserved burrow structures formed by benthic organisms that ...

Yet, simply identifying these benthic invertebrates is challenging, given the small size of the animals, the rarity of high-quality specimens from such deep sites, and fundamental knowledge gaps in ...

In other parts of the ocean, photosynthesizing organisms rain down nutrients to sustain benthic creatures. But none do so under the dark Antarctic ice. Instead, ocean currents, glacial meltwater ...

The discovery of benthic algal mats in the Columbia River ... HABs can produce toxins that are harmful to humans and animals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ...