Efforts to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch might be a mistake. Here is why experts say skimming the surface could be ...

For more than a century, sea otters vanished from Washington’s waters, hunted to extinction. Now, their slow return is ...

Some ocean cleanup projects could deprive the world of an entire ecosystem that we do not understand and may never be able to recover,” asserts Helm. And she’s not alone, apparently. “This is not some ...

Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my ...

A dead humpback whale who washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was washed back out to sea with the rising tides Thursday night. On Friday morning, scientists located the whale and were ...

Sleeping underwater might sound peaceful — but for ocean animals, it’s a matter of survival. Some dolphins sleep with one half of their brain at a time, keeping one eye open to avoid danger and ...

Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago, the species made a comeback Friday.

The United States government is rolling back conservation policies in a way that demonstrably risks accelerating already ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape the seabed for metals. Hundreds of newly described animals, from delicate ...

A massive dead humpback whale that washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was towed out to sea Friday after ...

Standing at the rail of a large cruise ship at sunset, the scene can feel simple: metal, water, and sky. Yet the vessel is rarely alone. A cruise ship travels through the ocean as a moving structure ...

Beginning in September, humpback whales appear off the coast of Hawaii. February is the most magical time, as the pods are at their peak.