Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

"Species at each level of the food chain, from invertebrates to fish, birds, marine mammals and humans, can be affected differently based on their physiology and feeding strategies," she said.

A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

Unlike the fish-based diet they typically consume in the North Atlantic, the marine mammals the whales might encounter in the Arctic waters, such as seals, are at a higher level in the food chain ...

This could disrupt the marine food chain, affecting the health of the sea creatures that humans consume. Giant and supergiant isopods, which are a type of crustacean, play an important role in the ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.