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The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one ...

The chain catshark may look like any other shark in daylight, but under blue light, its skin glows neon green. Here’s a breakdown of this remarkable adaptation.

In 1903, former UW zoology professor Trevor Kincaid and UW botany professor T.C. Frye founded what is now called the Friday Harbor Laboratories in the San Juan Islands. The islands’ rich and diverse ...

Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a marine biologist, cetacean researcher and educator, was honored on Sunday, Dec. 1 for her 40 years of dedication to the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project. In a ...

Carolyn Lundquist, Ph.D. '00, studies the impact of human activities on ocean ecosystems. (Courtesy) Carolyn Lundquist, Ph.D. ’00, prompted by a high school career test, studied communication at UCLA, ...

EDUCATE KIDS ON OUR FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM. THEIR SPECIFIC FOCUS ON A RECENT OUTING - SHARKS. THIS NURSE SHARK MAY SCATTER FISH, BUT IT ATTRACTS SOME ASPIRING MARINE BIOLOGISTS, STUDYING IT FROM A DISTANCE ...

This story was produced in collaboration with Vox.One morning this week, Hanna Koch was snorkeling in the Florida Keys when she came across a brown beer bottle discarded on the sea floor. Koch, a ...