In Native Hawaiians’ genealogical stories, says Solomon Kahoʻohalahala, the coral polyp is considered the oldest ancestor, ...

As global leaders convene at the 10th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Busan, South Korea, the Center for Energy, Ecology, and ...

We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form ...

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting ...

During the Permian-Triassic extinction, Inostrancevia, a saber-toothed predator, emerged as a dominant force. Fossils ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

Since the first Earth Day, the annual average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by more than 30 ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea ...

Today, the Commission introduced a pivotal proposal to integrate the “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) ...

President Trump is reportedly considering an executive order that would speed up permitting for deep-sea mining, which could ...

As part of The World's ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, about the tension ...

A new global analysis finds that many of the world's most threatened seagrass meadows lie within designated Marine Protected ...