A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

No one knows this better than the pair of divers who came face-to-face with a massive Ocean Sunfish while diving off the ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

In recent weeks, hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and other animals have turned up in the sand dead or seriously ill, alarming ...

fish, giant sea spiders, octopuses and more, some of which are likely new to science. But it remains a mystery as to how so much life could have flourished in the dark ocean depths, some 1,300 ...

A newly published report highlights the range of socio-cultural benefits people experience from the coast and sea, helping to ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.A study published in ...

A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced fish from protected waters near Antarctica, siding with U ...

Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was ... voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year” in a competition aimed at raising awareness of the country’s marine life and its fragile ecosystem.