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With this jaw-dropping image (pun intended) of a rare Bryde’s whale about to consume a heart-shaped baitball, photographer Rafael Fernández Caballero has been named the Ocean Photographer of the Year ...

Icebergs towered over molecular biologist Peter Thielen as he maneuvered an inflatable motorboat through a fjord on the western Antarctic Peninsula in early 2023. A senior scientist at Johns Hopkins ...

A little-known group meeting in Jamaica is causing big waves this month as it considers new rules that could open the seafloor to industrial-scale mining for precious metals used in electric car ...

We're more connected to the ocean than you may think, and naturalist Sir David Attenborough is ready to share his findings in the new National Geographic documentary, "Ocean with David Attenborough." ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

SEA LIFE, the world’s largest family of aquariums, celebrated the grand opening of its newest location at LEGOLAND on Friday to a massive crowd of guests. Part of a network of 50 aquariums worldwide, ...

A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists ...

As diplomats from around the world convene in Jamaica next month to discuss international guidelines on deep sea mining, environmental activists are urging nations to consider a California law they ...

Drawn off course by the city's bright lights, these nocturnal seabirds can become stranded on streets, rooftops, and ...