The ocean covers most of our planet, yet so much of it is still a mystery. Beneath the surface is a massive, dark world where ...

New research shows that losing threatened requiem shark species could erase millions of years of tooth evolution and squeeze ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks ...

Armed with enthusiasm, researchers and volunteers have joined forces to safeguard the flamboyant seabirds as climate change ...

In the absence of great white sharks, copper sharks ( Carcharhinus brachyurus) are moving in to fill the vacant ecological ...

Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the world has already crossed its ...

Efforts are underway to slow erosion using a living shoreline made of coconut fiber logs and wooden stakes to act as a ...

What the Blue Ocean Event Actually Means Scientists define an ice-free Arctic, often called a Blue Ocean Event, as when sea ...

Some of the ocean's most important habitats aren't included in protected areas. Seaweeds capture carbon and provide shelter for marine wildlife, but new research reveals that they often lack direct ...

The world is a pretty fascinating place. But there are so many things happening all at once that you’d be forgiven for ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...