The UK's marine life could change substantially over the coming years as sea temperatures continue to rise. Various species ...

The Earth is rapidly warming, and similar climate upheavals over 300 million years ago once triggered massive fluctuations in ...

The global goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030 remains paramount to attendees who call for accelerated ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name ...

They have a large shell called a carapace ... In Australia, all six species of marine turtles that occur in our waters are protected under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and ...

Such a discovery changes the way scientists think about the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Giant viruses can infect tiny ...

The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better protecting the hundreds of ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so ...

Some unusual ocean events have become so intense that scientists have coined a new term: super marine heat waves.

Many ocean carbon removal methods, like fertilization or biomass sinking, reduce oxygen levels and cause harm to marine ecosystems.

One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...