A global study tracking nearly 13,000 individual marine animals has uncovered a sharp disconnect between where these animals actually spend their time and where marine protections exist. The findings ...

Our oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us as far-reaching planets. Though ...

That definition was upheld 6-3 by the Supreme Court in the 1995 case Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Greater Oregon, ruling that it “naturally encompasses habitat modification that ...

The Dubai Reef project, launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, is now being ...

Maui High School students displayed their marine life paintings at a sanctuary, combining art with marine science, under the Artists in the Schools grant initiative.

Researchers said the rare species “abruptly disappeared” from the region following an El Niño event. Now it is thriving.

The exhibit, titled “Our Ocean, Close-Up,” features detailed portraits of species found in Hawaiʻi’s waters, painted by 11th ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public input on a periodic status review for the marbled murrelet, which includes a recommendation to keep the bird on the state ...

Tuna, opah, and billfishes such as marlins and swordfish are among the 0.1% of fish species that are warm-blooded. Evidence ...

The long-term impacts of marine heat waves on biodiversity and management strategies required to mitigate further damage were ...

A bright red “sea toad” and an underwater mountain four times taller than the world's biggest skyscraper are among the jaw-dropping discoveries made by a team of deep-sea explorers in a single stretch ...