Global warming is expected to cause such alarming climate disruptions that talk of hurricanes and heat waves can overshadow another drastic process at work: Burning fossil fuels and otherwise ...

Coral reef fish larvae undergo major physiological changes during their short development as they transition from long-distance dispersal in the open ocean to settling on a reef, according to a study ...

Fish present an extraordinary range of physiological adaptations shaped by their aquatic environments and evolutionary history. As ectotherms, their metabolic rates, cardiovascular performance and ...

New research suggests bacteria inside marine fish guts may help produce calcium carbonate, a mineral important to ocean chemistry and carbon cycling. The finding shows that hidden microbial ...

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet that healthy vertebrates can have brain microbiomes. Samuel Velasco / Quanta Magazine The original version of this story appeared in Quanta ...