A 12-foot, 1,000-pound great white shark recently tagged by OCEARCH scientists pinged repeatedly off the SW Florida coast.

Sharks are a remarkable, diverse group of ocean-dwellers that inhabit marine ecosystems all over the world. From the massive, gentle giant whale shark to the bioluminescent dwarf lantern shark, there ...

Pigs, rats, cats and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the ...

Sharks of every size, shape and lifestyle apparentlt all follow the same fundamental geometric rule. So, what else in nature ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of ...

Whales and dolphins are some of the smartest animals on Earth – and when it comes to hunting prey, they are particularly ...