You have likely heard Europa described as one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. The icy moon of ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dive into a sea of fun at the New York Aquarium for Ocean Shell-a-bration Weekend, a three-day event celebrating the vital role oceans play in our lives and promoting ...

It’s probably the most asked question by beachcombers hoping to snag an oceanic souvenir: Where is the best place to find seashells? Of course, everyone has their own opinion on where and when to find ...

At the beach, take only pictures, leave only footprints and sandcastles. The mollusks have enough problems already. Sunrise falls on a lightning whelk on the beach at Sanibel Island in southwestern ...

Astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of their ice shells, effectively conducting oceanography from space. Cornell ...

Ocean Beach restaurant owners say they’ve collected thousands of oyster shells this summer for a program that will use them to rebuild local marine habitats and the Long Island oyster population. Six ...

For decades, Europa has been cast as one of the Solar System’s best bets for alien biology, a frozen world hiding a global ...

The sight of over 1,400 pieces of sea turtle shells, most about the size of dinner plates, on the floor of a warehouse near Miami International Airport was a sobering reminder that South Florida is a ...

As human activities have increased the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere, the world's oceans have absorbed nearly 30% of this excess CO2. When CO2 enters seawater, it undergoes a ...