Ocean (Page 7)

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

Latest in Ocean

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.

sharks in the ocean

Sharks and rays are far less abundant in the world’s oceans than 50 years ago

By Kate Baggaley

Masha Krasnova-Shavaeva illustration

These jellyfish seem to cheat death. What’s their secret?

By Sara Kiley Watson

Red crab on water.

Why everything eventually becomes a crab

By Sara Kiley Watson

Researchers found signs of human pollution in animals living six miles beneath the sea

By Kate Baggaley

Scientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA

southern right whales

The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes

By Emma Carroll/The Conversation

We finally know why sea pickles glow

By María Paula Rubiano A.

Dungeness Crabs

14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean

By Bob Mcnally/Field & Stream

We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs

By Kate Baggaley

Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

This giant Gulf of Mexico reef is a conservation success story—here’s why it’s thriving

By Amal Ahmed/Texas Observer

pappy lane shipwreck

This WWII shipwreck hosts an underwater kingdom of bacteria

By Kate Baggaley

Five stories of sailors who weathered COVID-19 out at sea

By Herb McCormick

bottlenose dolphins

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

Surfers are riding a wave of new technologies to their Olympic debut