Scientists filmed a squid covering itself in mud and holding its tentacles upright, using camouflage that helps it hide on the ocean floor.

As the Sunshine State experiences cold temperatures, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reminding ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, a strange predator drifts through the water like a living ghost train, its body stretching ...

A new study suggests the world's oxygen-depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the ...

For many years, scientists believed that life in Utah’s Great Salt Lake was extremely limited. Its caustic, hyper-saline ...

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could survive and evolve.

The ocean remains one of the least explored places on Earth—and every year, scientists uncover new species that remind us just how much there is still to learn. In 2025, researchers described a ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...

A new Slow Zone for right whales is in effect east of Ocean City through January 18. Mariners are requested to travel at 10 knots or less in the designated area to protect the whales. North Atlantic ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

“I had aquaria starting from age 5 or 6,” said Rocha. “And I decided to be a biologist when my third-grade science teacher brought in fish for a class. I’ve just always had this attraction to fish and ...