Scientists have studied the predatory behavior of sharks in deep-sea ecosystems. This research provides insights into the ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of floating trash, most of it plastic, halfway between Hawaii and California, covers more than 600,000 square miles, studies have shown. That's twice ...

Far from home. Ninety-eight percent of the items found had some form of invertebrate living on them. In almost all cases, that included species found in the open ocean (just shy of 95 percent of ...

Another habitat, At Home in the Ocean, puts a spotlight on clownfish and anemones; the epaulette shark; garden eels; corals; and more. At the center of it all is One Ocean Hall, where you’ll find ...

In the northern Pacific Ocean, two sky-blue ships are sailing parallel to one another, several hundred meters apart. ... That they are, essentially, disrupting a marine habitat.

Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to ...

The species lives in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, which NIWA scientist Brit Finucci said makes them difficult to study. One ghost shark was caught on camera swimming off the coast of ...