Off the coast of Key West lies the pristine Dry Tortugas, a cluster of remote islands where coral reefs, historical forts, ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Seaweeds are the fascinating foundation of life along the rocky shore, yet they are often overlooked. These organisms play a vital role in coastal ecosystems and have some unusual attributes of their ...

Novelist Richard Powers has written another love letter to the planet—in this case, the 99 percent of Earth’s biosphere that ...

All of California was swept up in Humphrey fever when the wayward humpback whale found himself stuck twice in the Bay Area.

Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins' fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

No it's a beautiful echinoderm! Feather stars (Crinoidea) are one of the prettiest animals in the ocean, coming in a vast array of colors and patterns. These elegant animals are related to starfish ...

It also will become the main launch point for the Doc Ricketts, MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle that can dive more than 2 miles underwater to the ocean floor. And it will be able to launch ...

The footage was captured by an underwater expedition near Antarctica ... It's so elusive, living in the deep ocean near Antarctica, that scientists didn't even know it existed until 100 years ...

Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of ...