With the 2025 release of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) interactive map, scientists, conservationists, and ...

Courtesy Underwater Parks Day celebrating marine protected areas (MPAs) will take place Saturday, January 17, 2026.  From ...

The study inventoried thousands of mollusks, worms, crustaceans and other small marine creatures. Natural History Museum, London and University of Gothenburg As demand soars for critical minerals for ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science. The vessel’s lights illuminated a thriving ...

Now that the Miami Seaquarium is closed for good, the owner of the shuttered marine park plans to transfer the surviving animals to various aquariums, zoos, and former caretakers. The Mexico-based ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The community came together Saturday to honor the life and legacy of Sophia Myers, a little girl whose love for animals continues to inspire people across the Coast. The ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Although the squid may appear at first glance to have "teeth like a human," in reality the feature consists of "circular, folded lips, of which only the upper and lower portions can be seen." The ...

The term ocean animal covers an immense range of species, from shallow-water invertebrates to deep-sea predators inhabiting zones beyond sunlight. The marine environment, spanning more than 70 percent ...

Gena Bentall paddled her kayak deep into Elkhorn Slough on the lookout for the flip of a tail or the bob of a head. About a mile in, sea otters bobbed in the water everywhere. Some dove under the ...