“Aye-aye, captain!” would be the proper response from any ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ fan. But you don’t have to dive millions of nautical miles to Bikini Bottom to immerse yourself into the animated ...

Data collected by Earth-orbiting satellites and oceangoing trawlers suggest that juvenile haddock off Nova Scotia are more abundant in years when plankton populations peak earlier than normal.

Fish stocks in the North Atlantic could halve due to a "hidden vulnerability" involving the oceans' plankton, a study has found, The new research published in Nature Communications found that when ...

Researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish -- including cod -- in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change. Billions of Calanus finmarchicus, a ...

As ocean temperatures in the North Sea have warmed in recent decades, the life cycles of some species low in the food chain have accelerated significantly, sometimes setting off ecological havoc, new ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Washing machines release massive amounts of microplastics into the environment, mostly from worn clothing fibers. Researchers ...