You can’t talk about the ocean without mentioning the Great Barrier Reef. This 1,429-mile ecosystem is the largest living thing on the planet. It’s so gigantic, you can see it from outer space! Just ...

Scientists directly observed a massive underwater volcanic eruption that created new oceanic crust, offering rare insight ...

Suliman Alatiqi won best in show for this captivating photo of a crab-eating macaque foraging just beneath the surface of the water in Thailand. Oceans contain entire worlds. Winners of the 2023 Ocean ...

From a ballet of whitetip reef sharks to a male cardinal fish releasing freshly-hatched babies from its mouth, these winning underwater photos are a revelation of our oceans’ wonders. "Synchronicity," ...

May 4 (UPI) --The first "underwater space station of the ocean" to study marine life and climate change is closer to reality now that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Proteus ...

A good hotel room might offer skyline views or a peaceful stretch of ocean, but what if the scene outside your window included stingrays, coral reefs, or even a curious sea turtle gliding by? Around ...

From Jules Verne-inspired submarines to NASA-backed underwater habitats, the dream of an undersea civilization came closer ...

Underwater waves deep below the ocean's surface—some as tall as 500 meters—play an important role in how the ocean stores heat and carbon, according to new research. An international team of ...

Long-term sound recordings are exceptionally rare and valuable at a time in history when climate change is rapidly altering ocean conditions. For creatures like whales that spend much of their time ...