Following the United Nations Ocean Conference in France, three Cameroonian marine scientists extended their stay to train as ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Diseases in the ocean, caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites, can have far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems. For this reason research has primarily focused on their ecological ...

We analyze the interactions among marine ecology and biodiversity, fisheries, socioeconomics, climate change, and more. We use sequence-based approaches, flow cytometry, modeling, and other techniques ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...

Our oceans account for more than 96 percent of the world’s water, and few of the world’s coastlines are beyond the influence of human pressures. The marine ecology and organismal biology emphasis ...

Marine megafauna, including whales and sharks, face increasing threats from human activities, impacting ocean ecosystems. A recent study by WHOI and A ...

The study of the ecology of marine communities that live on or near the rocks and sediments of the ocean floor. (Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) A department of UC San Diego, ...

Daily Bruin Podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sat down with UCLA professor Tonya Kane to discuss her journey to UCLA, travels abroad and advice for undergraduates. Megan Vahdat: I’m Megan Vahdat ...

Bridget Patterson ’23: biology major, earth and oceanographic science minor Patterson's research focuses on how characteristics of different species—for example, body size or feeding strategies—relate ...

Are you interested in understanding the diversity of life on Earth, including the diversity in genes, physiology, shapes, sizes and behaviors? Or have you ever wondered if populations of interacting ...