Oregon State University research into marine protected areas plays a crucial role in the historic High Seas Treaty that goes ...

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A groundbreaking study led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology revealed critical new ...

Encountering a Black marine biologist, marine scientist, and even Black certified scuba divers is rare, even in 2024. Zippia data shows that only three percent of all marine biologists identify as ...

Scientists have identified a newly recognized threat lurking beneath the ocean’s surface: sudden episodes of underwater ...

Daniel Costa has been studying how elephant seals, whales, and other marine animals interact with their watery environment since he started his graduate work at UC Santa Cruz in 1974. Now a professor ...

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could soon be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Stranded sick sea ...

Shark week is approaching, and everyone is wild for those cartilaginous fish. I am compelled to write my annual article with a cautionary tale on why they are considered an apex predator and why we ...

Clouds, smoke, and fog can block sunlight in the sky, but beneath the ocean surface, very different forces can plunge the seafloor into darkness ...