Ocean (Page 6)

Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth. This is the latest on protecting their vast ecosystems.

Latest in Ocean

a black woman in a stanford baseball cap stands in the hatch of a submersible about to load

Meet the marine geologist mapping the deepest point on Earth

By Tatyana Woodall

A rare and multicolored sea slug has been recorded in UK waters for the first time.

This dashing tropical sea slug just showed up in the UK

By Sara Kiley Watson

Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past

Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past

By Jason P. Dinh / Hakai Magazine

Great white shark breaching while trying to bite a seal

Great white shark sightings are up in the US, which is kind of good news

Plastic floating in the sea

Plastic garbage in the sea is a life raft for pathogens

By Michael Allen / Hakai Magazine

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington

A baby orca sparks a glimmer of hope for an endangered group of whales

Fish poop could help coral reefs.

Fish poop might help fight coral reef bleaching

By Derek Smith / Hakai Magazine

Fat baby seal looking at the camera

Facial recognition works on seals. No, really.

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

shark-near-florida

Sharks are learning to love coastal cities

By Corinne Iozzio

Boat leaving cruise ship on the ocean.

Care about the planet? Skip the cruise, for now.

Satellite images of the milky seas

We’re getting closer to understanding why the sea sometimes glows

By Sam Keck Scott / Hakai Magazine

Microplastic pellets on the beach.

Horrific blobs of ‘plastitar’ are gunking up Atlantic beaches

By Sara Kiley Watson

Starfish spawning in water

8 award-winning photos of nature’s stranger things

By Stephanie Stone

Ocean simulator in giant saltwater tank at the Scripps Institute in San Diego, California. A Scripps researcher in a checkered shirt adjusts the settings on a computer with a COVID mask around his elbow.

A 120-foot-long ocean simulator is now making waves across the seven seas

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

A baby sea turtle on a beach near some sea turtle tracks, and some people in the background.

Safely share the beach with endangered sea turtles this summer

By Alisha McDarris

Seashore in Chile.

Climate change is making the ocean lose its memory. Here’s what that means.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Aerial view of high chimney pipes with grey smoke from coal power plant. Production of electricity with fossil fuel.

Greenhouse gases, sea level rise, and ocean acidification all broke records in 2021

A close up photo of a manatee.

Environmental groups blame the EPA for more than 1,000 dead manatees

By Wade Thiel / Outdoor Life

a colorful full coral reef

These Hawaiian corals could hold the secret to surviving warming waters

By Kate Baggaley

robotic buoy floating in ocean

Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission

By Charlotte Hu

These little robots could help find old explosives at sea

These little robots could help find old explosives at sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Bigfin reef squid with semitransparent skin in the ocean

This glittery squid can change color in an instant

By Purbita Saha

Seaweed growing underwater

Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics

By Sara Kiley Watson

a small marine cone snail with a brown spotted shell extends its proboscis that delivers venom into a fish

This cone snail’s deadly venom could hold the key to better pain meds

By Lauren J. Young

Offshore wind farm with sunset and person on paddleboard.

Minimizing offshore wind’s impact on nature is tricky, but not impossible

By Anuradha Varanasi

close up of a small Antarctic krill near the stone floats in the aquarium

When krill host social gatherings, other ocean animals thrive

Proteus underwater lab design mockup

Jacques Cousteau’s grandson is building a network of ocean floor research stations

By Charlotte Hu

a white ghostly outline of the international space station floating in the ocean

There’s a lot we don’t know about the International Space Station’s ocean grave

By Tatyana Woodall

choppy waves on a beach with a sign warning people not to swim

The West Coast is under a tsunami advisory. Here’s what that means.

By Rachel Feltman

boaty the sub in antarctica

Boaty McBoatface’s new mission is more serious than its name

By Charlotte Hu

Caltech CARL octopus-like AI robot in water

This tiny AI-powered robot is learning to explore the ocean on its own

By Charlotte Hu

Barreleye fish from a deep-sea video taken by robotic ocean rovers in Monterey Bay

Watch these rare ocean creatures caught on candid robot camera

By Purbita Saha

Fish sounds tell us about underwater reefs—but we need better tech to really listen

By Charlotte Hu

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a ‘raft of life’ for animals in the open ocean

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a ‘raft of life’ for animals in the open ocean

By Kate Baggaley

Dead puffer fish on Sri Lanka beach

Plastic nurdles are killing Sri Lanka’s sea creatures

By Ashley Stimpson/Field & Stream

a disposable face mask in a pile of wet fall leaves

Humans created an extra 8 million tons of plastic waste during the pandemic

By Kate Baggaley

ancient penis worm

Ancient penis worms used protection on the seabed

By Margo Milanowski

Freshwater mangrove forest off the Yucatan in Mexico and Guatemala

This secret mangrove forest is unlike any other in the world

By Sula E Vanderplank/The Conversation

How to survive a tsunami

How to survive a tsunami

By Kate Baggaley

Why a record number of container ships are backed up off the coast of California

Why a record number of container ships are backed up off the coast of California

Argo float in the ocean.

These free-floating robots can monitor the health of our oceans

By Charlotte Hu

Shark Week may be hurting, not helping, its namesake creature

Shark Week may be hurting, not helping, its namesake creature

coral reefs of Moorea as seen from height

Why Some Coral Reefs Might Survive Climate Change

By James Vlahos

Saving the Seas: Smarter Hooks and Nets

Saving the Seas: Smarter Hooks and Nets

Inside Five Deeps’ record-setting quest to reach the bottom of each ocean

Inside Five Deeps’ record-setting quest to reach the bottom of each ocean

Moray eels enjoy surf ‘n turf with a surprise second set of jaws

Moray eels enjoy surf ‘n turf with a surprise second set of jaws

What makes a sunscreen ‘reef-safe’?

What makes a sunscreen ‘reef-safe’?

By Angely Mercado

The world now has a fifth ocean

The world now has a fifth ocean

Coral reefs are dying, but it’s not too late to save them

By Philip Kiefer

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

OceanOne and a human diver working together under water

Humanoid Robot Can Dive Deep Underwater, Exploring Reefs And Shipwrecks

By Mary Beth Griggs

Vast Underwater Survey Identifies Five Keys to Conserving Ocean Life

Two divers collect coral samples from reef.

How divers found 4 new coral species, hidden in plain sight

tagged green turtle

We may finally know where young turtles spend their ‘lost years’

By Philip Kiefer

Baby mantis shrimp punch their prey with superior strength

Baby mantis shrimp punch their prey with superior strength

By Ellie Shechet

$Nautilus shell fractal$

The nautilus’s impressive memory has survived five mass extinctions

By Eleanor Cummins

Corroded munitions with sea life grown over.

The ocean is a giant dump for chemical weapons. Can we clean it up before it’s too late?

By María Paula Rubiano A.

Close up view of a "giant larvacean" (blue tadpole-like animal) and its "inner house."

These animals build palaces out of their own snot

Mysterious double ‘whirlpools’ are popping up in the ocean

Mysterious double ‘whirlpools’ are popping up in the ocean

By Kate Baggaley

If Snow And Rain Come From The Ocean, Why Aren’t They Salty?

If Snow And Rain Come From The Ocean, Why Aren’t They Salty?

By Sophie Bushwick

sea lion chasing a school of fish

Protecting 30 percent of the oceans would benefit the entire planet

What underwater sounds can tell us about the state of coral reefs

By Ellie Shechet

plastic bottles bound together

Microplastics are everywhere. Here’s what that means for our health.