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 ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A new study from researchers at Duke and Georgia Tech found that ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...