These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...

Divers exploring an artificial reef in India were devastated to find a discarded giant fishing net and a dead turtle.

While "Jaws" made people fear sharks, it's predatory humans — such as those in Mexico's shark fin trade — that sharks should ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Though there are many shark species in North Carolina, bites are rare, Cahoon said, noting that most shark bites occur in ...

These top predators eat smaller animals, balancing the populations of fish and other marine life. For example, sharks protect coral reefs by eating fish that graze on coral. Without sharks, these fish ...

As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, ...

Invasive species cost the North American economy $26 billion a year. By outcompeting local plants or animals, invaders reduce ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is developing a plan to protect Southern Resident orcas, which were added to the ...

Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the specimens to scientists, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran and T. T. Ajith Kumar wrote in ...