Sitting in the saloon of a large yacht, an elaborately built, modern marine chronometer like the sculptural Atlantis Orbis by German clockmaker Erwin Sattler perfectly complements the maritime setting ...

Most animals have a circadian clock that helps them distinguish night and day, but now researchers have found coastal animals seem to be equipped with a separate clock to track time via the tides. The ...

Animals living in marine environments keep to their schedules with the aid of multiple independent -- and, in at least some cases, interacting -- internal clocks. The findings, suggest that multiple ...

Since the earliest ships were built, seafarers have tried to find more accurate ways to find their position in the water. In a coming book, “Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude” (Harper ...

From fungi to farm animals to humans, organisms across a broad spectrum experience daily cycles controlled by a circadian clock. This internal clock tells us when to sleep or rest, and when it's time ...

Bremont’s hand-painted B1 Marine clock, a design created by The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, is currently available for viewing at Vascas, the Naxxar jeweller. Mr Wood teamed up with the ...