Australia has the third largest ocean territory on the planet, measuring 13.8 million square kilometers, including the ...

New UniSC-led research has raised hopes of reducing the tragic incidental impacts of commercial fishing on large seabirds ...

Our new data-driven investigation reveals how “protected” UK waters are still being heavily trawled—and invites anyone to ...

Gabe Torres guides the Golden Gate, a “runner” boat that ferries Bar Pilots, to a vessel anchored south of Yerba Buena Island ...

Anglers are now picking the days they fish based on weather, and there will be those sunny days with little wind that will ...

Countries are still debating whether to mine the seafloor for minerals, but exploratory efforts have already begun.

Cliff Kapono, a professional surfer with a PhD in chemistry, is leveraging his dual expertise to address a critical gap in ...

Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch ...

Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. When sunlight hits ...

Coral reefs didn’t merely mirror global change, but helped regulate how fast the climate bounced back from massive surges of ...

Despite a dramatic rise in whale deaths in the Bay Area — with 2025 already surpassing any year in the past-quarter century — acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in and around the ...