Research Into How Squid Camouflage Leads to An Ultra-Sharp Display for Televisions and Smartphones
Researchers at Rice University have created pixels 40 times smaller than those found in today’s LCD displays
New Marine Robots Could One Day Patrol the Oceans
How do you keep an eye on the oceans? With robots
As Many As 3 Million Americans Could Soon Be Threatened by Sea Level Rise
Across the world, 650 million people could be at risk
The Waters Around Malaysia, Not Somalia, Are the World’s Worst for Pirates
More than 40 percent of pirate attacks over the last two decades took place in Southeast Asia
Why We Must Explore the Sea
Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, ponders what else is on the ocean floor
Thousands of Strange Green Balls Appeared Overnight on a Beach in Australia
Scientists believe that the balls are actually extremely rare algae congregations called marimo
Leatherback Sea Turtles Can Measure Sunlight Through Their Skulls
The anatomical skylight allows the turtles to synch up with the seasons
College Students Studied These Mail-Order Sea Creatures in the Late 1800s
Restored glass models of marine invertebrates, made by artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Deep-Sea Mushroom Creatures Found Off Australia
Neither fungi nor fish, these oddball organisms collected in 1986 may represent an early branch on the tree of life
The World’s Most Colorful Beaches
From green sand to glass, here are some of the most eye-popping beaches around the world
How Just One Bird Can Urge an Entire Flock to Change Directions
The equations that describe these movements are equivalent to those that govern waves
The Navy Tests Its Ships in This Indoor Ocean
New technology can precisely recreate eight open-water conditions
Eight Diseases To Watch Out For At the Beach
Forget sharks: These potentially deadly pathogens and parasites can lurk in sand and sea
Bizarre Blue Shark Nursery Found in the North Atlantic
Rather than emerging in protected coves, baby blue sharks spend their first years in a big patch of open ocean
Seagrass Meadows Are Disappearing at the Same Rate as Rainforests
These underwater habitats are important for several species of sea life
A Two-Headed Shark and Other X-Rayed Beauties at the Smithsonian
Sandra Raredon’s x-rays of fish specimens are critical records for scientists studying various species. And, as works of art, they are breathtaking
Sharks Were Once Called Sea Dogs, And Other Little-Known Facts
Centuries-old illustrations of sharks show just how much we’ve learned about the fish since our first sightings of them
A New, Potentially Deadly Species of Jellyfish Was Discovered Floating Around Australia
The new species’ sting can cause Irukandji syndrome, which sometimes leads to stroke and heart failure
The State of Sharks, 40 Years After Jaws
We could be at a tipping point for conserving the infamous predators, if we can keep up shark-friendly practices
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