You might not think of a sea creature as helpful in the prevention of climate change, but sperm whales have been doing their ...

Companies around the world are racing to patent the genetic building blocks of plankton – microscopic ocean life that ...

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

This past year, Ocean Art Contest saw thousands of entries spanning more than 90 countries—each highlighting fleeting ...

In the same week that New South Wales experienced four shark attacks, Victorian beachgoers were warned about stinging jellyfish.

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The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...