We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

In 1960, my father, Jacques Piccard, reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench – nearly 11,000m (36,000ft) below sea level.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Some fish change colors to blend in with their environment, but the stargazer fish has a different camouflaging technique. It ...

The impact of bottom trawling Enric Sala —a National Geographic Explorer and co-producer of Ocean with David Attenborough —has long studied the impacts of these fishing techniques.

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

It peaked at 130 million tonnes in 1996, by which time almost every major fishery in the world was being depleted. Human beings have even changed the structure of ocean fish populations.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is backing federal efforts to examine commercial fishing prohibitions ...

A ban on a "destructive" type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom ...

Atlantic red snapper fishing will open at 12:01 a.m. July 11 and close at 12:01 a.m. July 13, according to NOAA Fisheries.

19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...