We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

A new study reveals a bright spot for shellfish populations in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Combining paleontological tools ...

Have you ever heard of a nudibranch? They're colorful mollusks with no shells and you can see them at the Bailey-Matthews ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

The Red Abalone is a very large edible sea snail that is part of the museum's collection. "If they're getting nutrients that's going to help them (Red Abalones) grow big and strong," Agostino said.

New studies reveal how a Vancouver-based mining company's deep-sea operations, targeting the Clarion Clipperton Zone, pose a significant noise pollution risk to whales, dolphins, and sound ...

Deep-sea operations proposed by a Vancouver-based mining company could cause harm to a wide variety of species in the Pacific Ocean, including whales, dolphins and sound-producing fish, two new ...

The Pacific Ocean is acidifying at such a rate that Dungeness crabs, some of the most valuable crustaceans in the Pacific Northwest, are suffering partially dissolved shells and damage to their ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square ...

A flurry of tropical cyclone activity over the past two weeks in the eastern Pacific Ocean just off the west coast of Mexico has produced three named storms so far — with more storms expected ...

Two U.S. aircraft carriers—USS Nimitz and USS George Washington—are in different parts of waters in the western Pacific Ocean.