The open oceans are harsh and hostile environments where insects might not be expected to thrive. In fact, only one insect group, ocean skaters, or water striders, has adapted to life on the open seas ...

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have proposed a hypothesis for why insects are so rare in marine environments. They previously showed that insects evolved a unique ...

The "sea skater" is one of the few insects that lives full-time in a marine environment. Scientists are now taking a closer look at how the animal repels water, with an eye towards the development of ...

The large amounts of plastic debris that have been accumulating in the north Pacific Ocean for decades may be altering the resident ecosystems in unexpected ways. According to a new study published in ...

The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, an insect with a hard exoskeleton. Courtesy of Gettyimages Bank Insects are considered one of the most adaptable biological groups, thriving in a vast range of ...

Meet the sea butterfly. Unlike most species of zooplankton that occupy the all-important base of the marine food web, this sea snail earned its nickname by behaving more like an insect, fluttering its ...

Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

PORTLAND, Maine (CBS) -- Beachgoers in Maine say their feet turned black after spending a day at the ocean. People all along Maine's southern coast reported their feet turning different shades of gray ...

Sea skater dodges water downpour. Reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 @ Mafadik et al. 2020 . Tiny sea skaters may hold the secret to developing improved water-repellent ...

XPRIZE announced the semi-finalists of its Shell Ocean Discovery Prize — a competition to find the best solution to cheap, efficient, and reliable mapping of the deep seafloor — on Thursday.