UNESCO is growing its environmental DNA, or eDNA, expedition programme. This ambitious and cost-effective project can give usable ocean data in a couple of weeks using a small number of seawater ...

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.

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 ...

An intense underwater hunt in Florida achieved the historic removal of thousands of lionfish to protect the marine ecosystem and oceanographic biodiversity.

The glacial Arctic Ocean was not a barren ice desert but a breeding ground for the evolution of cold adaptation in marine fish. This is the main conclusion of a new scientific publication from ...

Gentoo penguins may actually be four separate species. Discover how the newly recognized species differs and why the discovery matters.

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 ...

National marine sanctuaries were spared a 40% budget cut for 2026 thanks to senators and representatives from both parties, ...

For the last 20 years, Corinne Klein has found happiness in "bubble therapy," which is what she calls her time under the ...

Off the coast of California, a historically strong El Niño is unfolding on top of a record-breaking marine heatwave, pushing ...

An impressive deep-sea holothurian – nicknamed 'Loki' for its horn-like appendages that resemble the Norse god's hat – was ...

Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, ...