caribbean

Though Greenland sharks generally live in icy waters, one was recently caught in the Caribbean.

At about 2 centimeters in length, Thiomargarita magnifica tests scientists’ notions of how large microbes can grow.

They’ve survived volcanic eruptions, but one Caribbean island’s mountain chicken frogs might need help from scientists to escape the lethal chytrid fungus.

Sargassum is piling up on Caribbean beaches, smothering nearshore ecosystems, driving off tourists, and compelling researchers to figure out why it’s suddenly so abundant.

Scientists are pretty sure they know where the seaweed is coming from. Now they want to know why it’s here.

Marine scientists slowed the spread of a disease that attacks coral by removing areas around diseased tissue.

The suit claims that Rational Vaccines, the company of recently deceased researcher William Halford, violated US and international laws when it carried out the procedure.

The pause on campus operations, which could last a month, is just one example of the hurricane’s devastation.

Scientists leave behind ongoing experiments as the Category 5 hurricane whips through the Caribbean and heads toward the U.S. mainland.

The small lizards adapted to unique niches among dozens of isles.