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The bees of the seas: how some crustaceans "pollinate" seaweed

So the next time you and your kids decide to have the talk, it could be the birds and the bees and…the crustaceans?

What are the high seas and why should we fight to protect them?

The oceans are in trouble, especially beyond countries' jurisdictions. What can be done to help?

These self-healing robot fish can gobble up the microplastics from our seas

Maybe not man but robots can save the world from plastic.

Wooden shipwrecks create new micro-ecosystems for deep-sea microbes

One man's shipwreck is another microbe's treasure.

Meet the world's largest plant: it's a seagrass clone

The plant, found in Australia, measures more than 180 square kilometres (69 sq miles) and used to be even bigger.

The massive, ancient Megalodon shark may have been outcompeted by great whites

Sometimes, being bigger is not better.

Dolphins wait in queue for rubbing their skin against corals

These lovable and intelligent animals keep on surprising us with their complex behavior.

Sweet seagrass is saving oceans and reversing climate change -- but we're killing these gentle habitats

The seagrass rhizosphere is filled with insane amounts of sugar.

Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic -- from our bins straight to the ocean

We're still just learning the impact of plastics on the environment.

Scientists discover more than 5,500 new virus species in the oceans

Thousands of viruses completely unknown to science.

There are more fish in the "twilight" zone near the Antarctic than we thought

The more researchers look in the oceans, the more they find them teeming with life.

Octopuses have learned how to use litter from the bottom of the sea

... and there's a lot of litter to use.

Ship of legendary explorer Shackleton found in Antarctica 107 years after it sank

It's the "finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen," one marine archaeologist commented.

Sea sponges survive in the Arctic by feasting on extinct creatures

There's still so much we don't know about the Arctic Ocean.

Atomic isotopes solve mystery about jellyfish diet

We're not even sure exactly where jellyfish lie on the food chain -- but chemistry can help solve the case.

Whales eat much more than we assumed, and it has huge ecological implications

More to the point, the decline in whale populations is affecting the health of ocean ecosystems.

Could we use plastic to end the ocean's plastic problem? A new paper says: "Yes!"

I really like this idea.

Climate change is choking the oxygen out of deep water, and it's putting fish in a double bind

It's not a good time to be a fish.

Submersible robots help us better understand ocean health and carbon flows

Good bots.

We can now track ocean microplastics from space, by looking at how winds and water interact

Our technique is not perfect yet but we’re working on it.

Swallowed whole: lobster diver swallowed and spat out by humpback whale

"Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth", the diver wrote on Facebook.

New “Genomic Microscope” for the Microbiome Discovers Carbon Dioxide-Eating Microbes Living in Superheated Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents

Cutting-edge proximity ligation sequencing technology identifies and tracks microbial communities thriving in East Pacific Ocean plumes

Study finds Greenland ice-sheet has already melted before - and it could again

Researchers find million-year-old plants in frozen ice core.

Otters maintain patches of healthy kelp forests even when surrounded by "urchin barrens"

Sea otters hadn't been seen on the North California Coast since the 1880s -- but they're back to help protect the kelp forests.

One of the largest ecosystems on Earth lives beneath the seafloor and eats radiation byproducts

That's pretty metal!

Sawfish could soon become completely extinct if we don't stop overfishing, says a study

Ever seen a sawfish? Chances are you didn't because they're very endangered.

Living fossil fish has 62 copies of a "parasite gene" humans share too -- we have no idea how they got there

Sharing is caring?

Researchers develop a new tool to identify at-risk corals

They’re small and pretty and they need our help.

Ocean warming is a wrecking ball for coral reef systems. This researcher wants to understand it all

There's no simple solution to this problem.

Nanocrystals allow dragonfish to camouflage their teeth

This enables the dragonfish to creep up on unsuspecting critters.

We can now see ancient carbon dioxide levels with coral time machines

Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine... out of a coral?

Climate change is destabilizing marine food webs

There will likely be no Nemo to find in the future.

Why is the ocean salty?

No matter how salty you get, you'll never be as salty as the ocean

This is what ocean acidification is doing to creatures in the Arctic

The Arctic ocean acidification is much worse than we thought.

Great white sharks hunt for meals in unexpected places

As juveniles, they are bottom-feeders instead of hunting for prey near the surface

The iconic 'Dumbo' octopus stars in the deepest-ever octopus sighting

It's the deepest confirmed sighting of any cephalopod.

Iceland won't be whaling this year

It's the second year in a row where whaling is halted in Iceland, but it's not for humanitarian reasons.

Microbes discovered in the ocean's crust rely on recycling to survive

Microbes were found in rocks 700 meters below the bottom of the ocean.

Australia's deep-sea canyons feature coral gardens

It's beautiful and eerie.

At least 26% of the ocean needs to be relegated to conservation to prevent marine collapse

Not all is well in the ocean.

Oceans could be unviable for coral reefs by 2100 due to warmer, more acidic waters

"At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for."

Global warming is literally dissolving the ocean's plankton

Global warming's evil twin is acting out, and it's starting to cause major issues.

How albatrosses could help fight illegal fishing

We may have some unlikely allies in the fight against illegal fishing -- and we need all the help we can get.

Tropical sharks are using their fins to walk

It's evolution in the making.

Martian water was mineral-rich and salty -- good hints of habitability

The seas on Mars might have been much like those on Earth.

This algorithm lets you delete water from underwater photos

Underwater photography is spectacular enough. But what if we could make it even more amazing?

Food availability acts as a cap for whales's maximum size

Both baleen and toothed whales grew as large as their food allowed.

There's a million times more microplastic in the ocean than we thought

We thought microplastics were a big problem... but they're a huge one.

Stop climate change or the Emperor penguins die, a new paper warns

I love penguins.

Roughly 98% of plastic waste in the ocean dissolves due to sunlight

This is not good news.