Ocean

Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth. This is the latest on protecting their vast ecosystems.

Latest in Ocean

A mother and calf West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Crystal River, Florida.
Environment

Florida’s famous manatees were originally tourists

By Laura Baisas

An eye and arms of an octopus. The small dots visible around the eye are the chromatophores.
Science

For octopuses, changing colors is hard work

By Lauren Leffer

A diver from National Geographic Pristine Seas measures the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands.
Environment

World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale

By Laura Baisas

a colorful coral reef with fish swimming above it
Environment

Chlorine and cocoa butter may help disease-ridden corals

By Laura Baisas

a new mollusc with a hood over its head
Science

New deep-sea slug catches crustaceans like a Venus fly trap

By Laura Baisas

two sperm whales singing
Science

New method for finding sperm whales kind of works like a rideshare app

By Laura Baisas

A photograph showing two big and two little Pyrocystis noctiluca.
Environment

Why these plankton puff up to 6x bigger than normal

By Laura Baisas

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs
Technology

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

By Andrew Paul

glass bowl filled with brown seaweed
Environment

Bye, kale: Marine scientists want you to eat more seaweed

By Alisha McDarris

Video screenshot of piece of OceanGate Titan wreckage
Technology

The OceanGate Titan implosion left a 30,000-square-meter debris field

By Andrew Paul

Scientists observed two bowhead whales synchronizing dive schedules whenever they were within earshot of each other.
Environment

Whales may be communicating across vast distances

By Joanna Thompson / Hakai Magazine

Caption: An octopus cyanea hunting with a blacktip grouper on one side and a gold-saddle goatfish (‘blue goatfish’) on the other.
Science

Octopus and fish join forces to hunt together

By Lauren Leffer

A panoramic sand dune of sahara desert at Mhamid el Ghizlane in Morocco wide shot.
Environment

Saharan dust sustains life all over the Atlantic Ocean

By Andrew Paul

a wave rising up from a flat sea
Science

Extreme 3D ocean waves can reach heights 4x steeper than previously thought

By Laura Baisas

a Byrde's whale surfaces to breathe in the Pacific Ocean
Environment

Elusive whale’s vocalization could be their version of ‘Marco Polo’

By Laura Baisas

a red fish with a grumpy expression and large teeth
Environment

Seriously grumpy-faced fish discovered in Red Sea

By Laura Baisas

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from the First and Second World Wars, such as shells—as shown here—once fired from German battleships.
Technology

The big Baltic bomb cleanup

By Paul Hockenos / Hakai Magazine

a whale surfaces next to a large fishing trawler
Environment

Whales need krill to survive. We want it for supplements.

By Laura Baisas

Titanic bow wreckage underwater
Science

The famous railing from ‘Titanic’ has broken off from Titanic

By Andrew Paul

a small white and red squid
Environment

New images of deep sea wonders are surprisingly adorable

By Laura Baisas