The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little about what's going on down there. On top of that, there are many popular ...

Mercury Psillakis suffered a fatal shark attack while surfing near Australia's Long Reef Beach on Saturday, Sept. 6 ...

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer are holding a press conference at the Prime Minister’s country retreat as part of a historic second state visit for the US president.It comes shortly after the two ...

Microplastics are everywhere—from oceans to our bodies—posing serious health risks. Discover their impact and solutions.

For the Catalina Island Outrigger Canoe Club, the race carries unique meaning. To paddle from Newport across the channel is not simply a competition — it is a journey home. After a summer of training, ...

And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy The North Sea wasn’t always a sea. Fishermen would bring back rather non-fishy finds from their nets, such as mammoth tusks and human ... deepest east of ...

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of ...

If you ask most people, they would tell you the bottom of the ocean is a dark and depressing place they wouldn't want to visit. It's often used as a metaphor for those kinds of feelings. But the truth ...

An international team of scientists spent three months at sea drilling into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater under the salty ocean. They hope it could help tackle an increasingly severe ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold.

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime ...

Orpheus, a small AUV built by Orpheus Ocean, has completed six dives to depths of 3.5 miles. The AUV, based in New Bedford, is designed to explore extreme ocean depths and collect data. The company ...