Guliakhali does not try to impress you with rolling waves or the classic “beach photo-op” look. It just is. It seems as ...

Though invasive crabs are a concern to ecosystems across Puget Sound, Padilla Bay must protect something extra special: 8,000 acres of eelgrass.

Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the middle of a large crater 80 miles south of Norway's Bear Island. The volcano ...

Sea turtles ingest plastic debris of a variety of shapes and sizes, which can include pre-production pellets, foam, plastic bags, sheets, fishing gear and food wrappers.

Green sea turtles are less common than loggerheads in the area. Dellora, originally tagged in 2015, has been observed returning to the area multiple times.

Female green sea turtles collectively contain about 60 tons of plastic debris globally, with an individual averaging 26.4 g—roughly the mass of ten ping pong balls.

Just before dawn, a flotilla of wooden canoes drifts silently through mangrove-tangled channels where roots sprout from the black mud of the lagoon. Here, at the edge between sea and forest, lies a ...

One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of ten ping pong balls in plastic. Story by Xia (Alice) Zhu, Chelsea Rochman, Matthew Mazloff • 20m.

Southeastern mud turtle. Southeastern mud turtles are small, usually just 3 or 4 inches long. ... Like all sea turtles, green sea turtles must come to the surface to breathe.

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when he spotted one of the killer whales carrying something green in its mouth ...

Scientists say the findings should push public officials to do more to conserve migratory bird habitat elsewhere in the state ...