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Squat lobsters look like lobsters, but they are actually more closely related to hermit crabs. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that [supports HTML5 video ]( The squat lobster Eumunida picta. Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration a

The MPV17 gene provides instructions for making a protein whose function is largely unknown. Learn about this gene and related health conditions.

The SACS gene provides instructions for producing a protein called sacsin. Learn about this gene and related health conditions.

A new NASA analysis of 30-years of satellite data suggests that a previously observed trend of high altitude clouds in the mid-latitudes shifting toward the poles is caused primarily by the expansion of the tropics. Clouds are among the most important mediators of heat reaching Earth’s surface. Wher

Filtering seawater and sediment to examine marine biodiversity in the Northern Mariana Islands.

It is a safe bet that the future will include a warmer Bering Sea. But it is uncertain exactly how climate change will be manifested, and in particular, how fast it will warm in summer versus winter, and in the north versus the south. Nevertheless, these details in the climate forcing are key in ter

WASHINGTON – NASA will hold a conference following President Obama’s remarks about the bold new course the administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight on Thursday, April 15, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A diverse group of senior officials…