Scientists from OSU and New Zealand have discovered two Hector's dolphins traveling with critically endangered Maui's dolphins off New Zealand, raising hopes for future inter-breeding.
An increasing number of sick and dead sea lions has been reported along the Oregon coast and OSU scientists say in many cases the bacterial disease leptospirosis is to blame.
OSU researchers have received two major grants from the National Science Foundation to begin explore the impacts of ocean acidification on West Coast shellfish.
Warren Washington, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and a graduate of OSU, is one of 10 persons named today by President Obama to receive the National Medal of Science.
An international team of scientists will conduct a rapid assessment survey of three Oregon estuaries looking for invasive species in Yaquina Bay, Coos Bay and Winchester Bay.
A one-day symposium in Eugene on Sept. 10 will bring together policy experts and ocean scientists to discuss climate change impacts on the world's oceans and whether new policies are needed.
Some Oregonians are reporting purchasing cooked shrimp at the coast that actually glow in the dark, but the luminescence - which comes from marine bacteria - is actually harmless.
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