The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape ...

The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before.

Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report ...

A new international study has uncovered hundreds of previously unknown species living deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, shining ...

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA ...

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Qatar has designated multiple protected areas to safeguard wildlife and plant life, including Al Reem, Al Thakira, Al Wusail, ...

In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are ...

Background Australia is often imagined as a continent of open space, with most people clustered along the coast and a vast ...

The survey is anticipated to take place between 23 February and 30 March 2026, subject to weather and operational constraints ...

Marine biologist Karla McDermid has created a "Limu Ark," a living library on Hawaiʻi Island of about 70 native seaweed species.