Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

Newsletter Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, anyway, after analyzing thousands of brittle star specimens and finding that the spiky, star-shaped ...

Baby sea creatures were spotted off the coast of California, a group said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Boaters were able to spot “tiny, energetic” baby sea creatures off the coast of California.

Deep in the abyss, scientists have uncovered astonishing creatures that possess truly monstrous sizes. This phenomenon, known as abyssal gigantism or deep-sea gigantism, has puzzled researchers ...

Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress ...

A new study offers the first direct evidence that deep-dwelling mesopelagic fish, which account for up to 94% of global fish biomass, excrete carbonate minerals at rates comparable to shallow ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers, who were kidnapped in January in West Africa by the Islamic State group and held captive for ...

For every seemingly scary tidbit, there are just as many interesting ocean facts that will amaze you and make you appreciate the sea that much more.

The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.

The new study estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean holds approximately 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics, around nine times the amount of larger plastic debris in all of the world’s oceans.