Ocean News

Using acoustic data, researchers identified and mapped the calls of diverse marine mammal species in fish spawning grounds on Georges Bank, including...
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The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, is going through a tough time right now. Thanks to man-made climate change, and in...
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The mystery of a deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been solved, scientists report in the journal Nature. The animal,...
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Blue whales are kind of like farmers, if farmers used their own feces as manure! Researchers have shown that nutrients from whales’ poo fertilize...
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They fell out of the sky and landed on the pale blue planet with a splash. Many of the crew missed the whole thing. Deep inside the spacecraft,...
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The Hydra is an ancient serpentine marine monster, a fearsome beast in Greek mythology who grew two heads for each one removed by a valiant warrior...
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A combined team of researchers affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has found, via a...
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With its gaping mouth, needle-sharp teeth, and slightly startled expression, the black sea devil anglerfish seems tailor-made for the spotlight. And...
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Prime Minister, John Key has announced that a large area of New Zealand's exclusive economic zone will be turned one of the world's largest ocean...
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A hotspot of ocean life has been discovered off the southernmost tip of mainland Australia, hiding on the sea floor hundreds of feet below the...
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