How face masks, gloves and other coronavirus waste is polluting our ocean

This illustrated guide makes marine protected areas fascinating

Marine reserves are a big deal for overfished and ailing oceans, but, uh … what are they exactly?

This newly-found marine life has scientists baffled as to what it is

It lives in one of the deepest corners of the ocean.

As oceans warm, marine life and people who depend on it, struggle to adapt

'I think the most fundamental thing we should do is reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the only fundamental solution to this reshuffling of the oceans.'

How Methane-Eating Microbes Respond to Rapid Environmental Change

By David Case, Guest Contributor Imagine a landscape on the seafloor, half a mile below sea level, where the sweep of normal marine sediment – calm, flat, expansive – is interrupted by an ecosystem of astonishing diversity. Like the nighttime view from an airplane looking down on a city’s lights, you see the unmistakable signs …

What Type Of Marine Worm Are You?

How to Responsibly Interact with Marine Life

What to keep in mind when you’re booking tours or planning other activities that involve marine life.

Biofluorescent Marine Life: What It All Means

New research about biofluorescence in marine life is popping up left and right, from fish communication to a coral "sunscreen," see what scientists are saying about the phenomenon.

Watch: How marine heat waves harm animals

Extreme heat waves can create public health problems on land, but did you know that they also occur in the ocean? These pockets of warm water bleach corals and disrupt food webs, putting some animals in harm's way as they travel farther to feed. Watch the video above to learn more about the dangers of ocean hotspots.

Increase in Species Harmed by Marine Debris

A new United Nations report found that over 800 marine animal species are affected by marine debris ingestion or entanglement.<br>The number species

How Sea Urchins Contribute to the Marine Ecosystem

How urchins might function to break up tough kelp into more manageable pieces that can feed other scavengers living on the kelp forest floor.

How to Overcome the Challenge of Teaching Marine Science Online

By: Heal the Bay. As in-person classrooms are replaced with computer screens, SEA Education makes virtual learning easy and fun for individual students, learning pods, or entire classrooms.

Another Life: How far does pain extend in the living world?

Evidence mounts on ‘possibility of pain experience’ in fish and marine crustaceans

How plastic pollution is affecting seals and other marine life

Microplastics, lost or discarded fishing gear and other plastic pollution are among our biggest threats to the environment. These plastics are hurting marine...

Why climate change could mean more disease for marine aquaculture

Extreme weather events and changing ocean conditions are creating unpredictable outcomes for aquaculture. One area where research is offering some insight into what to expect, though, is the increasin

How Your Caffeine Addiction Is Hurting Marine Life

Lab trials show caffeine has a range of negative effects on marine species.

How to safeguard marine habitats AND increase fishing catches

Protecting over 80% of the habitats for endangered marine species, increasing fishing catches by more than eight million metric tons and reducing carbon release? It can be done.

Marine Life Series: How Pearls are Formed

How did marine animals become so diverse?

Upending an evolutionary theory proposed in the 1950s, scientists have found that the groups most resistant to extinction also contain the greatest ecological diversity – their members perform a larger number of different functions in ecosystems.