In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

Sea butterflies flit through the ocean on gossamer wings, each species with a style of its own. These tiny marine snails, or thecosomes, migrate up to surface waters at night to feed and sink to ...

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As human activities have increased the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere, the world's oceans have absorbed nearly 30% of this excess CO2. When CO2 enters seawater, it undergoes a ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...