The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

A goblin shark, one of the ocean’s rarest and strangest predators, was spotted near the Canary Islands for the first time.

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

An interdisciplinary study confirms, for the first time, the oceanographic pathways that transport floating macroalgae from ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean’s ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

Critics warn that opening up Arctic waters to mineral extraction could devastate large fisheries and sensitive habitats off ...

For much of the twentieth century, a prevailing view in marine biology held that most major marine groups originated in ...

Some animals do not have red blood like humans. From spiders to octopuses, their copper-rich blue blood helps them survive extreme environments. Here’s how it works and why it matters.

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

British Columbia’s groundfish trawling fleet has secured Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, which the Western ...