Though burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of global warming, fossil fuels could also be driving climate change via a completely different mechanism involving ocean plastic debris and tiny, ...

Lanternfish, the Earth’s most abundant vertebrates, may be the ultimate food source. But will catching them ruin the climate? In 1789, the explorers Alessandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante set ...

LIHUE — Up to 1,000 small lanternfish and a smaller number of squid washed ashore Monday along Kalapaki Beach, on Kauai’s south-east coast. “Why they came up there, we have no idea right now,” said ...

Lanternfish are one of the most abundant vertebrates on Earth. Yet despite their huge numbers, almost nothing is known about them. As the fishing industry starts to take more of an interest in these ...

FAO report on the lanternfish in the deep Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 08:16 UTC Full article Lanternfish have tiny organs known as photophores, inside which a chemical reaction ...

A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment provides a stark warning about the ocean’s future: the looming oxygen crisis may threaten key marine species, including the crucial ...

An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain, has investigated how marine ecosystems responded to past ...

Deep sea lanternfish help transmit parasites to sperm whales and giant squid, new research shows. “Anisakis are pervasive everywhere in the ocean,” and yet very little is known about them, says ...

KOCHI: With the fall in marine catches, especially Indian oil sardines, fisheries scientists are proposing a new deep sea fish as an alternative food source in the conventional fish items. During an ...