Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

A sweeping new study is helping pinpoint where whales, sharks, turtles, and other ocean giants need the most protection and where current efforts fall short.

Researchers recently captured the first live footage of a colossal quid in its natural habitat, thousands of feet under the sea near Antarctica.

Humanity has often lived with one foot on land and the other in the sea, but in the future, we may build our homes in the seas, here and on other worlds.

Sea lions wearing video-camera backpacks are helping scientists map uncharted regions of the seafloor. They found the ocean bed teeming with life.

In Australia, many underwater habitats have not been mapped, and researchers know little about them. Now, scientists are working to change that by employing sea lions as videographers.

Kansas City’s new Sobela Ocean Aquarium is a world-class facility home to nearly 8,000 animals in 34 habitats ranging from small tanks to a giant 400,000-gallon shark tank. The 65,000-sf facility ...

The study found that fish and sharks grew larger in remote marine-protected areas.