It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife found a single zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River near New Castle in early June, the latest ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

In the original novel, the Jaws shark was 20 feet long. Around 1 hour and 23 minutes into the movie, a boat crew hunting for the shark spots it and Matt Hooper (played by Richard Dreyfuss) says ...

The great white shark in Jaws (1975), allegedly 25 feet long and weighing three tons, unleashed a deep-seated fear of the fish among moviegoers. But are great whites the biggest in the seas? Let ...

The craft slows as it reaches the buoy, a sampling site where Guidi and his LOV colleagues have gathered marine data every day for decades. Below deck, the boat's bearded chief mechanic, Christophe ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Average length: 10 to 14 feet, but can grow up to 25 feet Average weight: 850 to 1,400 pounds, but can grow up to 1,900 pounds Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are named for the distinctive ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While ...

Engineers and technicians carefully inspected all sides of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft before its launch in 2024.

Greece’s turquoise waters: Light sand, and low plankton It turns out, the brilliant turquoise hues in these regions aren’t just about sunlight—they’re also about what’s not in the water. As explained ...