Oceanographer Anya Stajner was enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color ...

From neon-bright fish to spotted crustaceans, some of the most colorful sea animals on the planet make their home in the ocean. These creatures don’t just turn heads with their hues—their ...

Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

Despite the challenges, ocean science has been able to monitor where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet, mix, and how their ...

“It’s a paradox. The deep sea is highly connected, but also incredibly fragile,” said Dr. O’Hara. “Understanding how life is distributed and moves through this vast environment is essential if we want ...

Only about 20% of the ocean’s depths has been mapped by humans. Here’s what we do — and don’t — know about the deep seas and why studying them is so precarious.

Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination that’s infamous as a home for trash: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean ...

Those who study the ocean point out that the sea is a critical part of the global environment and food chains – and yet only 5% of its waters have been explored. But there are environmental ...

The creatures of the ocean twilight zone are amazing survivors in their own right, but they’re also vital to our survival. Every day, upwards of a quadrillion (a million billion) of them migrate ...

Researchers discovered the presence of strange "nodules" on the ocean floor at a depth of about 13,000 feet, and they are capable of producing oxygen in total darkness, according to a new paper in ...