Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Deep-sea researchers captured rare footage of a fascinating creature living approximately 62 miles off California's coast.

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The author says warming waters are changing local fishing, bringing new species but threatening others. The EPA's ...

Plastic waste releases a chemical that can confuse ocean animals, change hunting behavior, and disrupt marine food chains.

A global study finds that everyday boat traffic can disrupt ocean animals like whales, sharks, and sea turtles - even without collisions.

A new study provides a comprehensive global synthesis of how vessel traffic affects large marine wildlife, including whales, ...

A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics ...

A better model for governance of the ocean commons can be found in the nuclear test-ban treaty agreed in 1963. Nobody could ...

A new study provides a comprehensive global synthesis of how vessel traffic affects large marine wildlife, including whales, ...