Researchers led by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa have found that a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean on floating plastic ...

The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million years ago, resemble that of current marine invertebrates like golden shrimp ...

Marine invertebrates represent a critical component of aquatic ecosystems with reproductive processes that are highly vulnerable to endocrine perturbations. Research in this field has revealed that ...

A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution found 484 marine invertebrates accounting for 46 different species in the "garbage vortex" that floats between California and Hawaii Anna Lazarus Caplan ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Marine biologist Dr. Dave Pawson has embarked on over 100 dives to the ocean floor to unravel the mysteries of elusive invertebrates like sea cucumbers and brittle stars Emma Saaty There are few ...

It’s not every day that one gets to see an exhibition featuring items with luscious names like “Waving Hand Soft Coral” and “Phosphorescent Sea Pen,” but at the Mystic Seaport Museum these lovely ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in the shallow oceans ...

Model of ‘Oulactis muscosa’ by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka (Dresden, Germany, 1885) (lent by Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, courtesy the Corning Museum of Glass) ...