The 126-metre-long ship went down with all its cargo when it was bombed in World War II. Now its trucks and motorbikes are home to barracudas, sea turtles and reptilian-looking crocodilefish.

Invasive species hitchhike in unusual ways, and many might even be hopping in your suitcase or on your cruise ship.

Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. The review paper emphasizes the importance of integrating data from various sources and ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

Legend has it that physicist Ernest Rutherford once dismissed all sciences other than physics as mere “stamp collecting.” (Whether he actually said it is a matter of some debate.) But we now live in ...

Plastic waste releases a chemical that can confuse ocean animals, change hunting behavior, and disrupt marine food chains.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Coquina clams, also known as bean clams, are small, colorful bivalves found along the Jersey Shore. Horseshoe crabs, ancient arthropods related to spiders and scorpions, are commonly seen all along ...

I love water. Whether it’s a quiet day of fishing, coral scuba diving, or a swift sailboat race, water has always been a place my family and I love to spend time. The kids took to it like fish to ...

Tim O'Hara has received funding from CSIRO's Marine National Facility, Parks Australia, Ocean Census, and from philanthropic support of Museums Victoria Research Institute. You may have read that the ...

Kimberley Stokes receives funding from the Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science. She is affiliated with Swansea University. Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag ...

Miami Seaquarium may have closed, but the dolphins and other marine animals who've spent years performing for paying audiences can't leave yet. Why it matters: Seaquarium owner the Dolphin Company, ...