During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish ...

Every spring horseshoe crabs come to South Carolina beaches to reproduce. A volunteer initiative with the SCDNR helps ...

Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses. However, they are all referred to as seals. There are over 30 species of ...

Most of the incentives being left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies, like carbon capture.

In November, tens of thousands of male olive ridley sea turtles start congregating just 5km nearshore in Odisha, India. They ...

We study ocean habitats and strategies for conserving ocean life. In analyzing marine protected areas, we’ve concluded that simply designating protected zones is not enough. To be effective, these ...

There are two species of mako sharks. Let's take a look at where in the world these predatory sharks can be found.

“It’s the unknown,” says Erich Hoyt, author of Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea’s Monsters and the World They Live In. “You look out on the ocean and you might see a dolphin ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...