"Some of this plastic is discharged into the ocean, where it degrades into microplastics ... which is the inner parts of the ...

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...

A new study by Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has revealed a potential link between red tide algal blooms and long-term ...

White vessels transverse their bodies like a skeleton, evoking a spooky image of a panda graveyard on the ocean bottom. The sea squirts have caused a buzz on social media for their eye-catching ...

We now know much more about the skeleton's journey from ocean to exhibit. Watch members of the Museum's curation and conservation teams reveal whose signatures were found on the whale's bones and how ...

Find how Ms. Blue, the 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton, at Seymour Marine Discovery Center is being carefully restored.