Earth losing species more rapidly than scientists can understand the roles they play.

A new study by scientists from the Census of Marine Life has placed the number of species of animals on planet Earth to about 8.7 million.

Census of Marine Life reports in anthropogenic impact on deep sea.

According to new research from the Census of Marine Life Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP), two expanses of the North Pacific Ocean are attracting an array of marine predators in predictable seasonal patterns.

Ian Jonsen, a research associate and adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University and co-lead investigator of the Future of Marine Animal Populations Project (FMAP), has teamed up with Barbara Block at Stanford University and several other American researchers to conclude a two year study entitled, "Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean" published in the science journal Nature released June 22.