A six year old Labrador named Lila has been trained to dive into the ocean to help remove discarded plastic waste. Originally ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

Whales and dolphins use sound to communicate, navigate and detect prey, making them particularly vulnerable to noise ...

For centuries, humans have struggled to study the vast, deep, and often inaccessible regions of the ocean. Traditional research vessels and satellites provide valuable data, but they have limitations.

Coral reefs are one of the biggest casualties. “Corals support almost 25 percent of marine life because they serve as both a food source and a home. If corals are damaged or diseased, fish either ...

A baby seal is one of the cutest animals in the world. Here, these rescuers found one with a fishing hook lodged in its mouth ...

A new report has been released by Germany-based ocean plastic recovery startup CleanHub that highlights ocean plastic pollution this year, as well as a look into its complex origins and what the ...

World’s first-ever pact aims to fight threats like climate change, over-fishing and deep-sea mining. The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force ...

The bluff at La Jolla Cove in San Diego is covered with pelicans and cormorants; below, some two dozen sea lions lounge on a ...

A massive global collaboration has tracked over 12,000 marine animals from whales to turtles to create one of the most detailed movement maps of ocean giants ever assembled. The project, MegaMove, ...

A review article published in the journal Science of the Total Environment describes how residual toxins in aquatic animals can impact food safety, food security, and human health. The aquatic ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...