What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing Sarah Kuta Last year, the team made headlines when it published a ...

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists. The surprising and rapid rise in ocean ...

When Stanford researchers began tracking a group of Loggerhead Sea Turtles, they were trying to answer a simple question about their migration pattern. Now, they've wound up generating far bigger ...

Legends of lost continents have always been fascinating and mysterious. They are full of stories about once majestic ...

A quirky science story emerged from the ocean depths in 2022 and it’s now ... the Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii. The formation’s resemblance ...

2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that outline the Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, the Ring of Fire traces ...

Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 700 species that eat and get caught in plastic litter. It's time to get at the root of this ocean ...