Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

In the past few years, people have become more and more interested in marine life– and it’s easy to see why. The ocean is ...

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US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than ...

In her latest check-in with the Boston Public Art Triennial, WBUR's Amelia Mason visited Charlestown and Mattapan and saw two ...

Witness the encounter with a massive octopus, showcasing the incredible skill and patience it takes to engage with such an intelligent and elusive creature. This video captures the beauty and ...

The exhibition ‘Prism of the Real’ at Tokyo’s National Art Center challenges the idea of Japan as a fixed national entity ...

The voyage of the HMS Challenger in the 1870s was a sprawling 3-1/2-year expedition to explore the world's oceans. The ...

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Everyone dreams of Santorini’s white domes and caldera sunsets, but Greece is made of more than a single picture-perfect ...

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