Russia to release hundreds of illegally captured orcas and belugas from ‘whale jail’
Officials in Russia announce the release of nearly 100 whales currently being held in what amounts to a whale...
Stop Fish Bombing! uses gunshot detection technology to foil marine criminals
A nonprofit organization called Stop Fish Bombing! (SFB) is combating a famously destructive and illegal fishing...
Ghost gear is haunting our oceans
Fishing gear isn’t just deadly when there’s a fisherman at the other end of the line. Lost and abandoned equipment...
Volvo creates the living seawall in Sydney to help with plastic pollution
With ocean habitats being degraded by plastic pollution and replaced with seawalls, more than half of the shoreline...
Shark fins still being sold in US restaurants amid ban
Shark finning has sparked numerous controversies for the horrible act of animal cruelty that has led to the banning...
Oceans warming 40 percent faster than previously thought
After discrepancies between climate models projecting higher levels of ocean warming and observational...
Coral forests thrive near Sicily’s underwater volcanoes
Nearly one kilometer below the water surface near Sicily, a rare ecosystem of corals, sponges and wildlife is thriving....
Arctic shipping routes could threaten “unicorns of the sea”
Narwhals, or the "unicorns of the sea," could be at risk from additional Arctic shipping routes as polar ice continues...
Belize Barrier Reef recovers and is removed from UNESCO ‘In Danger’ list
Thanks to a comprehensive conservation effort, the exceptionally diverse Belize Barrier Reef has recovered so much...
Sea stars overcome melting disease through rapid evolution
Five years ago, millions of sea stars off the west coast of North America were killed by a mysterious virus that...
Giant manta ray nursery discovered in Gulf of Mexico
Researchers have identified the first recognized giant manta ray nursery in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine...
SeagrassSpotter app empowers ocean lovers to become citizen scientists
Bet you don't often think about seagrass, but this powerhouse plant supports thousands of marine creatures, sequesters...
Tiny seahorse trapped in fishing line gets a second chance
A tiny seahorse named Frito received a second chance at life after being trapped in fishing line. Florida resident...
New SubCAS technology enables scientists to better study deep-sea ecosystems
Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences have created a new device that can capture and transport deep-sea creatures...
Pilot whale dies in Thailand with more than 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
A small male pilot whale, found unable to breath or move in a canal in Thailand last week, has died from large...
Traces of opioids discovered in mussels in Puget Sound
America's opioid crisis is far-reaching — even to Seattle-area harbors. Washington state agencies uncovered traces...
Florida coral reefs plagued with mysterious disease
With coral reefs under threat worldwide, researchers in Florida are racing to understand and treat a mysterious...
Ocean heatwaves have risen by more than 50% since 1925
Oceanic heatwaves have increased by 54 percent since 1925, posing a major threat to aquatic ecosystems. In a study...
Deep freeze in the UK causes massive die-off of sea creatures
Scientists and conservationists in the United Kingdom have observed a mass die-off of invertebrate sea creatures...
Snøhetta unveils plans for Europe’s first underwater restaurant
Snøhetta just unveiled plans for Europe’s first underwater restaurant, which will put a new spin on the meaning...
Climate change is draining the oceans of oxygen
A new study in the journal Nature has found that the amount of dissolved oxygen in the ocean is declining worldwide...
Haunting Human Gyre made of over 200 underwater figures warns of climate change
A haunting sight awaits scuba divers on an Atlantic seabed. Over two hundred life-size human figures have been...
Obama shuts down all pending permits for seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean
Outgoing President Barack Obama made another last-minute effort to secure his environmental legacy last week, when...
Scientists find first contagious cancer transmissible between species
Scientists have seen contagious cancer before, in Tasmanian devils, in dogs, and in soft-shell clams in Prince...
NOAA has a plan to protect the oceans from troubling noise pollution
As if the world's marine animals didn't have enough to worry about -- with climate change, ocean acidification,...
Sea turtle is rescued after being dragged onto a beach and beaten for selfies
Add this case to the list of selfish and oblivious tourists terrorizing an animal for their own entertainment....
Watch thousands of giant spider crabs colonize the seafloor near Melbourne
Did you know that crabs migrate? Unlike birds that fly south for the winter to avoid the frigid cold, giant spider...
Octopuses are taking over the oceans, and no one knows why
A new study published in the journal Current Biology has revealed some startling statistics -- a group of researchers...
Oregon and California sea star populations rebound 2 years after devastating viral outbreak
Two years ago, scientists were baffled by a massive sea star die-off off the coast of California. A viral disease,...
Hypnotic new jellyfish species discovered 2.3 miles under the sea
This mesmerizing video of a deep sea jellyfish may make you do a double take, but I assure you it is the real deal...