Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

With breaches and tail slapping, a pod of orcas put on a show near Seattle on Friday.The close encounter attracted dozens of ...

Marine biologists from Germany and Norway reviewed more than 100 scientific studies and found that marine heat waves (MHWs) ...

Penguin colonies are declining worldwide; explore their adaptations, threats, and what their struggle tells us about Earth’s ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

The Monterey Bay is not just a place of beauty, recreation and inspiration; it serves as the backdrop to our daily lives. It is where we play, where students learn, where people make a living and ...

A whale shark was stranded on the sand on Varkala Beach in Kerala, India, but dozens of people banded together to help it.

The Greenland shark is one of the most mysterious animals in the ocean. Living in cold, deep waters of the Arctic and North ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

For most mammals, growing up means giving up their mother’s milk. Then there are the sea lions of the Galápagos Islands.

A diver in Monterey Bay recently had a close encounter with a deep-sea fish normally found at depths of 3,000 feet, NOAA ...