On any piece of rocky shore one notices bands of different life. The intertidal is a transition zone between land and sea ...

Melting polar ice narrows the light spectrum underwater, favoring blue-tuned algae and disrupting the ocean food web.

A study has evaluated the effectiveness of California's Marine Life Protection Act in protecting the state's marine resources ...

But farther out in the Pacific, life in the vast Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument faces a very different ...

These snails may be "a bit common", but hold onto your shells – there's far more to these creatures than meets the eye!

The world's oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe, one in the southern hemisphere and one in the north, according to climate scientists.

Scientists map microplastics across ocean depths, revealing their deep spread, persistence, and potential climate impact.

The ocean has long been treated as the world’s forgotten frontier—out of sight, out of mind, and dangerously overused. Yet ...

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Los Angeles collected ash, air and water samples as fire blazed on the hills before them in January.