Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at the desert, which may seem strange when discussing whales. The ocean once ...

Often encompassing large swaths of ocean (and even lakes and ponds), dead zones become oceanic deserts, devoid of the usual aquatic biodiversity. Though hypoxic zones can occur naturally ...

BSIP scientists are looking for 520-million-year-old marine fossils in Uttarakhand’s Tethys Himalayas to uncover secrets of ...