Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study finds. The team seeks to help ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

A s they transport us to underwater landscapes, aquariums provide a soothing experience for visitors. The dark rooms, illuminated by soft light emanating from the tanks, display a ...

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

CHINA has unveiled plans for a deep-sea mega-lab that will be hidden 6,500ft down in the bitterly contested South China Sea. The underwater base will study “cold seep” ecosystems ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...

Australian scientists believe sea sponges could be the key to protecting ocean ecosystems from the effects of global warming.

Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help estimate ...