Commercial vessels, particularly fishing boats, are known sources of ocean plastic, losing up to a million tons of plastic gear at sea every year. For this study, researchers looked beyond what ...

The insurtech's proprietary algorithms generate historical coastal data and provide a current view of coastal flood risk, impact drivers and resilience solutions.

A team of marine scientists has brought to light an underwater region whose biodiversity rivals—and in some measures surpasses—that of the Amazon rainforest.

Jellyfish Day honors one of Earth’s oldest and most fascinating creatures, glowing reminders of resilience beneath the waves.

A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualized the inner workings of hundreds of ...

A 4,500-tonne research vessel set sail on Friday from Shekou Port in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, marking the launch of a global ocean expedition and a decade-long scientific programme ...

A strange luminescence shimmering beneath Antarctic waters has sparked global intrigue. Detected by satellites, the glowing ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered Physalia mikazuki, a previously unknown species of Portuguese man-of-war, in northern waters for the first time. DNA and anatomical analysis confirmed it as ...

Scientists caution fisheries and climate change still threaten the animals. Sustained conservation efforts must continue so ...

We may not notice it, but marine creatures off the Bay Area coast are already feeling the heat. Ocean temperatures in the ...

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the marine biologist who co-founded the Urban Ocean Lab, received a TIME Earth Award at the TIME100 ...