The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast quantities of our planet's heat and carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Analysis of the sediment in Belize’s Great Blue Hole shows a concerning trend. Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone ...

A team of scientists has created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, ...

A new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

The El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most influential interannual climate phenomena in the global ...

The Slow Zone is in effect due to the presence of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, with only around 370 remaining. North Atlantic right whales were detected near Ocean City, Maryland, ...

MARYLAND - The Department of Natural Resources announced the right whale Slow Zone is in effect through April 14. Maryland DNR says endangered North Atlantic right whales have been detected off the ...

Imagine the vast Atlantic Ocean, a mysterious and powerful body of water, hiding secrets far beneath its surface. Recently, researchers made an intriguing discovery: unusual ... Read more The post ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

Eleanor Mortimer joins a team of marine biologists in her transporting, whimsical but ultimately melancholic first feature ...