Many deep-sea species are thought to have evolved from shallow-water ancestors, making their adaptations critical to marine biology research. Using innovative in situ sampling and fixation techniques, ...

A Northeastern marine scientist has discovered a new species of tiny mollusk that lives in an ancient, submerged cypress grove called the Alabama Undersea Forest. It is also the first species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One hundred eighty-eight. That's the number of aquatic non-native species that have made their way into the Great Lakes as of 2023 ...

That's the number of aquatic non-native species that have made their way into the Great Lakes as of 2023 – at least the ones that scientists have identified. About one-third of the species have ...

Catalina Sea Ranch has finally grown some mussels. The company’s aquaculture farm a few miles off Los Angeles County’s southern coast harvested its first batch in mid-July. The initial crop was three ...

A new group of symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea mussels surprises with the way they fix carbon: They use the Calvin cycle to turn carbon into tasty food. The bacteria acquired the genes for this process ...

MILANO, MI, ITALY, May 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The humble mussel, often overlooked in the seafood aisle, is quietly revolutionising the aquaculture industry ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

Bulgaria is the main mussel producer in the Black Sea - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Bulgaria is the main mussel producer in the Black Sea - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Faced ...

Notably, methanotrophic bacteria—key symbionts in deep-sea mussels—became dominant in the exposed shallow-water mussels. This shift correlated with changes in gene expression related to immune ...

That's the number of aquatic non-native species that have made their way into the Great Lakes as of 2023—at least the ones that scientists have identified. About one-third of the species have ...

Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways -- shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths.