The glacial Arctic Ocean was not a barren ice desert but a breeding ground for the evolution of cold adaptation in marine ...

Giant manta rays can grow up to nine meters (30 feet) long with a disk size of seven meters (23 feet) across and weigh up to ...

Ian Clarke, Jocelyn Bachmann, Sophie Allen and Kai Ryall Ota’s project, titled Super El Niño Tracker, is a web app tracking El Niño’s effect on the Salish Sea and northeast Pacific. By analyzing past ...

One year after the species was reclassified from “endangered” to “least concern,” green turtles in the western Indian Ocean exemplify that return—and the subtleties a global designation can miss ...

This bootylicious 'Patrick Star' lives alongside dozens of species we've never seen before. (ROV SuBastian/ROV ...

A catch tells only part of the story of the ocean's biodiversity. Now with UNESCO's eDNA, a sample of seawater could help fill those gaps.

The Trump administration plans to lease nearly 100 million acres of Pacific Ocean seafloor. Opponents say its a potential ...

As Pacific temperatures rise, animals usually deterred by California's chilly waters are making an appearance.

Researchers are trying to figure out why dead sharks keep washing ashore along Florida's east coast, including a hammerhead that recently turned up on Indian Harbour Beach. Sharks as a whole are ...

Adults can reach 30 feet long and weigh over 4,400 pounds, but coastal areas offer the young fish space to grow.

Dumbo octopus footage from a 2024 Ocean Exploration Trust expedition near Palau captures rare behavioral data on cirrate ...