Humpback whales are more likely to get entangled in fishing gear in years when rising ocean temperatures make cold-water ...

New research finds that rising ocean temperatures are shrinking cool-water feeding grounds, pushing humpbacks into gear-heavy waters near shore. Scientists say ocean forecasting tool could help ...

Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor. However, this immense ...

This month, researchers board a Sea Shepherd vessel in Antarctica's South Orkney Islands to study the overlap between krill fishing and recovering whale populations.

According to a new study by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) and the National University of Colombia, chronic ocean warming is driving a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass.

A gray seal that strayed from the ocean ended up on a busy Long Beach Island roadway before authorities safely rescued the animal, officials said. The female seal apparently traveled from the beach ...

From South Asia to Europe, the black rat reshaped ecosystems, fueled pandemics, and costs billions in crop losses.

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

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 ...

According to a new study by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) and the National University of Colombia, chronic ocean warming is driving a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass.

Wildlife photographers captured remarkable images of two rarely seen deep-ocean dolphin species off Port Macquarie, New South ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.