Shell and INEOS Energy have struck oil at a deepwater exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, confirming a new discovery in the high-pressure Norphlet formation. Shell and INEOS Energy said the ...

Seagrass meadows are an essential part of Florida’s coastal ecosystem. Jenny Adler Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida and Thomas K. Frazer, University of South Florida During a day at the beach, ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Seagrass meadows “are among the most important structural habitats on our planet.” These mollusk shells were collected by divers from Florida seagrass meadows in ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Michal Kowalewski is the Thompson Chair of Invertebrate ...

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The consequences of a warming climate are known to be dangerous for marine ecosystems, with environmental changes like ocean acidification and warming, disrupted nutrient supplies ...

Seven wampum beads have been discovered during excavations at a 17th-century colony in Newfoundland. Hundreds of years ago, Indigenous inhabitants of North America created the small, cylindrical ...

The water in New York City’s harbor is notoriously dirty, but one Swiss watch company is helping a local project clean it up by restoring the city’s once-thriving oyster population. Oris just released ...

These remarkable mollusks might lack the external shell of their cousins, but they make up for it with intelligence that puts many vertebrates to shame. Watching an octopus solve puzzles, change ...

Ever wondered what it would be like to hold a living piece of the ocean in your hands? At the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel Island, that’s just Tuesday. The ...