Anyone who has ever dived into the ocean has seen the tiny white flecks drifting through the water like snow. This so-called marine snow is made of sinking debris, fragments of dead plankton, bits of ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues ...

Some 20,000 years ago, when the last ice age was at its peak, a marine animal with an ultrashort lifespan of just one month, really lived in the moment. In its brief and wondrous life, the ...

Sitting atop the crow’s nest of a small barge, the boat captain shielded his eyes from the July sun and pitched his gaze to the commotion below. The hum of heavy equipment and the clatter of oyster ...

The rocks beneath our feet are leaving a hidden signature in the shells of marine snails along Australia's ancient coastline, ...

Scientists Discover Marine Rocks Showing Mount Everest Rose From the Ocean ...

Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon. Anyone who has ever dived into the ocean has seen the tiny white flecks drifting through ...

At one time considered marine trash, oyster shells have become a valuable — but limited — commodity along the South Atlantic coast. “This definitely is a multi-state, national problem: finding shell,’ ...