For scientists who study marine ecosystems, the drumbeat of alarming revelations about the state of the world’s oceans resonates in several dominant notes. “The world is changing and it’s happening ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The recent closure of a turtle hospital in Panama City means the Panhandle is without a facility that can treat an increasingly common sea turtle disease. Wakulla County’s ...

When Alyssa Frederick and her team at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory went to spawn white abalone on Jan. 7, it was almost as if the sea mollusk knew something was looming on the horizon.

The expansive, dense eelgrass beds that line much of the U.S. coastline provide invaluable habitat and other services to support rich coastal ecosystems. However, globally, eelgrass is struggling, ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota is mourning the loss of one of its beloved North American river otters — "Pippi." Pippi began demonstrating behavior last week that ...

Eelgrass, a type of flowering seagrass found in temperate zones around the world, provides habitat for many species, protects ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since 2013, sea star wasting disease, worsened by warming oceans, has wiped out 99% of sunflower sea stars from Washington state to Mexico, ...

A mysterious disease that causes sea stars to decay and fall apart within a few days has become widespread along the U.S. west coast over the past several months. First reported off the coast of ...

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has ...

Graduate students in the summer marine disease workshop inspect cultures of Labyrinthula zosterae. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...