Do crabs really care about the temperature? According to research by graduate student Lara Lewis, it depends on what they are used to.

Height matters, among other things, according to Assistant Professor Randall Hughes, whose work recently appeared in the Journal of Ecology.

MSC graduate student, Chris Baillie, has been honored as an "Outstanding Graduate Student for Teaching", and will be recognized at this year's Honors Convocation in April.

Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts, recently appointed Distinguished University Professor in the College of Science, on Monday afternoon discussed his love for bacteria and their symbiosis with people, after which he engaged in a conversation with President Joseph E. Aoun.

Graduate student Allison Matzelle and colleagues look at how some species of the same genus may fare better than others in a changing climate

The North Atlantic coastline has been shaped and reshaped by various glaciations over the past 5.5 million years.

Do marine snails really stress about heat? MSC researchers look into what separates populations of whelks along northwest Atlantic coast.

WGBH's Greater Boston featured the Marine Science Center and Ocean Genome Legacy on Thursday night.

WGBH's Greater Boston featured the Marine Science Center and Ocean Genome Legacy on Thursday night.

Ever wonder how a parasite finds its host in the ocean or why some hosts have more parasites than others?

Ever wonder how a parasite finds its host in the ocean or why some hosts have more parasites than others? According to a recent study, it may be simpler than you think.

While most people are interested in sending robots to Mars, Northeastern University Professors Mark Patterson and Joseph Ayers have developed AUV’s that explore the deep, blue sea.

Sir Richard Roberts, a Nobel Lau­reate and glob­ally rec­og­nized leader in genomics and mol­e­c­ular biology, is a Dis­tin­guished Uni­ver­sity Pro­fessor in the Col­lege of Sci­ence.

Less than 0.1 per­cent of the planet’s water is avail­able for safe use, and chal­lenges cen­tered on H2O form the nexus of some of society’s most pressing envi­ron­mental issues.