Richard Rothstein had never encountered a walrus before. But as he floated in a skiff among icebergs in Arctic Norway, he ...

The Ocean Photographer of the Year contest announced the finalists in its 2024 competition. Photos show underwater wildlife including sea turtles, sharks, whales, and coral reefs. The winners of the ...

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

For centuries, enormous fossilized teeth found along coastlines led people to believe dragons once roamed the Earth. The real ...

A team of scientists led by CU Boulder has identified 30 new areas critical for conserving biodiversity in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. In a study published Aug. 15 in the journal ...

Over the past 500 years, approximately 500 land-based animal species have become extinct as a result of human activity. In the ocean, where scientists count only 15 or so such losses, the numbers ...

Ocean warming triggered more than 200 marine impacts worldwide, many occurring in cooler months that monitoring programs often overlook.

Anchoring the boat in a sandbar, research scientist Morgan Gilmour steps into the shallows and is immediately surrounded by sharks. The warm waters around the tropical island act as a reef shark ...

Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up ...

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A Pacific octopus in Russia.Andrey Shpatak/Ocean Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 The Ocean Photographer of the Year contest announced the finalists in its 2024 competition. Photos show ...