Record-Breaking Great White Shark Spent the Summer Near Popular Beaches
We covered a study last week in which researchers tested bite-resistant wetsuit material with real sharks. Their testing…
Endangered Whale Sharks Are Covered in Scars, and Humans Are to Blame
Whale shark alongside snorkeler in Cendrawasih Bay. Credit: M.V. Erdmann Over 60% of whale sharks in Indonesia are…
The Ocean’s Most Abundant Life Form May Not Survive Global Warming
The lines on the map are cruise tracks, overlaying temperature. The water in yellow areas hovers around 86…
New MIT Tech Sees Underwater As if the Water Weren’t There
SeaSplat produces true color images of underwater scene, as captured by MIT team’s underwater robot. The original photo…
What the Future Ocean Might Look Like Amid Climate Change, Overfishing and More
Source: Halpern, et. al., Science (2025) By Delger Erdenesanaa Graphics by Mira Rojanasakul; Photographs and Video by Madeline…
Italian still life paintings as a resource for reconstructing past Mediterranean aquatic biodiversity
We have explored the historical representation of aquatic resources in Italian still-life paintings as an indicator of past…
The new wave of ocean industrialization and the challenges for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean Sea: the case of the Costa Brava
This study highlights strong spatial overlaps between key industrial sectors and MPAs and other areas of marine conservation…
The Ancient Oxygen Flood That Let Life Conquer the Deep Ocean
An artist’s rendering of a prehistoric jawed fish from the Late Devonian called Dunkleosteus. These sorts of large,…
Nearly Every Whale Shark at This Tourist Destination Bears Human-Made Scars
The world’s largest living fish has plenty to fear from people. New research shows that a large proportion…
Why Great White Sharks’ DNA Doesn’t Add Up
Once survivors of the ice age, great white sharks carry a strange DNA riddle. Nuclear and mitochondrial results…
AI-powered spatiotemporal imputation and prediction of chlorophyll-a concentration in coastal ecosystems
Rapidly developing satellite remote sensing observations offer opportunities to develop data-driven large-scale spatiotemporal Chl_a prediction method. However, three…