The research highlights how filter feeders alter the behavior and composition of microplastics, creating unforeseen risks.

But they're not just wild sights. "Polychaetes are critical members of all ocean food webs," Osborn added. "Some are ...

providing important fertilizer for ocean food webs. In Florida's coastal waters, young bull sharks feed during brief visits to the ocean, then return to safer, nearly freshwater rivers ...

"It offers a profoundly adverse, but highly plausible, endgame for Antarctic krill that has serious implications for both the Southern Ocean food web and sustainable management of fisheries ...

A more acidic ocean will cause some types to grow slower, some to grow faster, and the balance among them to change, which could have big ripple effects for the higher levels of the food web.

Scientists discovered ancient marine reptiles that reached unprecedented trophic levels. These creatures exceeded today’s top ...