Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

An autonomous ocean robot, launched from Woods Hole, is attempting to complete a first-ever trip around the world.

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

Governor Newsom signed into law AB 1056 by Assemblymember Steve Bennett to protect ocean biodiversity off California’s shores by phasing out the use of set gillnets—mile-long nets anchored to the ...

Drought and water contracts diverted river flows, killing 75% of 2021 salmon eggs Overestimated ocean counts led to 2022 harvests that removed 75% of stocks Infrastructure failures and pollution in ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a mile – but it's not to feed, nor is it happening everywhere in deep water.

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships ...

The ocean is not evenly risky for wildlife. Plastic can do outsized damage in places that do not look choked with trash at the surface. A new global assessment shows that danger spikes where plastic ...

Two men were stranded in the Gulf. A Marco Island fishing charter captain rescued them. Capt. Kevin Koprash of Six Chuter Charters in Marco Island was on a typical fishing trip with customers on ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. The ...

"I owe them lifetime," Tyler Feijoo said of the divers who rescued his family heirloom Fishing captain Tyler Feijoo’s gold bracelet flew off while he was throwing bait during a boating excursion on ...