Ocean

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

Latest in Ocean

a puffin, whale tail at sunset, and a sea turtle
Environment

13 dramatic photos that capture the beauty of marine sanctuaries

By Popular Science Team

a small blue-colored penguin called a little penguin swims in the ocean
Environment

Turtles and penguins have a swimming sweet spot that reduces drag

By Laura Baisas

a new shrimp-like crustacean. it is white with two protruding tusk-like appendages at its head, at least 8 legs, and two tail-like appendages at the back
Environment

New predator uncovered 25,000+ feet under the Pacific

By Laura Baisas

a microscopic zooplankton
Environment

Microscopic ‘eating and pooping machines’ are great at sucking up carbon

By Laura Baisas

Nautilus captured on video
Environment

After 15 years, a vessel named ‘Nautilus’ actually saw a nautilus

By Andrew Paul

an orca whale dorsal fin coming out of the water
Environment

Orcas observed preying on massive whale sharks

By Laura Baisas

a photo from the movie "moana 2." a whale shark swims by a group of voyagers on the ocean
Science

‘We know the way’: How Polynesian voyagers navigate Earth’s biggest ocean

By Laura Baisas

Looking from the stern of the ship as it tows the long horizontal array of hydrophones. The tow cable can be seen going through the metal horn at the stern. The hydrophone array is several hundred meters behind the ship and about 200 meters deep. Credit: Ross Chapman
Science

New theory explains mysterious ocean quacking first heard in the 1960s

By Andrew Paul

bottlenose dolphin screaming
Environment

A lone dolphin has been yelling into Baltic Sea for years

By Mack DeGeurin

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