Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know these marine megafauna—such as whales, ...

Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

Where are all the marine animals going? Given the vastness of the oceans, the countless species that live in them, and the ...

Seafood shoppers might notice higher prices, recreational divers and snorkelers will find murkier waters, and even worse; ...

A sweeping new study is helping pinpoint where whales, sharks, turtles, and other ocean giants need the most protection and ...

Only a tiny fraction of the deep ocean is explored, leaving 66% of Earth’s surface largely unseen. Researchers urge global, ...

The multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS releases the largest map of the universe, going back to almost the beginning of time ...

Over 20% of the global ocean has darkened in the past two decades, shrinking critical light zones that support marine life.

California officials sent water flowing to create new wetlands along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea. The project is ...

It is a common refrain that we know more about the surface of Mars than the bottom of the oceans. Now ... which they used to compile a map of dive activity. Dives have focused heavily on waters ...

freezing and rocks can’t quite account for all the water that must have covered Mars in the distant past. Calculations suggest the “missing” water is enough to cover the planet in an ocean ...

The story is true. The German sub officially was known as U-166. It was among a fleet of 23 sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the ...