During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist ...

Even as renewable energy and zero-emissions transportation scale up and the rest of the global economy slowly decarbonizes, it’s likely that the world will still need to suck an enormous amount of ...

Artist Janet Peavy recently held a meet-and-greet event at Three Island Monkeys after debuting her shell-based artwork at the ...

You’re in good company if you’ve combed the shoreline for shells, marveled at the glinting, microscopic pieces that make up the sand, or held a snail shell up to your ear listening for the ocean or ...

In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This summer, ocean temperatures have been extraordinarily warm and that has ...

The world's oceans absorb about 30 percent of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. That means that as levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have increased, so too have levels in the seawater, ...

Did you know that ghost nets are considered among the deadliest ocean debris in the world? The term refers not to haunting specters in the water, but discarded synthetic fishing nets that pollute the ...

Nacre, known as mother-of-pearl is a luminous and tough biomineral lining many seashells. According to a new study, Nacre pearl holds an excellent record of ancient ocean temperature. The claim was ...