Martin told me she would army crawl up to the turtles on the sand and dab around their eyes with a foam swab, soaking up the goopy tears they exude. Sea turtles regularly shed tears as a way to expel ...

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.

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

A day at the beach became a nightmare for Evie Knight when a wave washed her out to sea, she stayed afloat for hours until ...

In the early hours of Dec. 22, 2024, fishermen working in the Talara Sea in northern Peru hauled in their nets. But instead ...

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

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

The Indian Navy’s Talwar class frigate INS Tarkash has seized more than 2 500 kilograms of narcotics in the western Indian Ocean while deployed as part of Combined Task Force 150. On 31 March, while ...

Sea otters, or Enhydra lutris (their scientific name), have recently been spotted making kelp forests their new home. Sea otters are marine mammals that are larger than you think. These beautiful ...

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process, ...

Mars may look like a dry and dusty world, but just beneath its surface lies one of the most surprising discoveries in ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...