The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections

French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth’s oxygen, feed the ocean and help regulate the planet’s carbon. The eight-year mission is charting life in remote waters to understand how these drifting ecosystems evolve – and…

With a boutique vibe, private lagoon, and ample opportunity for adventure, IHG group’s first Maldives outpost is world-class, says Elliot Wagland

Faded items dating back to 1950s have been found on Italian beaches, underscoring plastic’s problematic longevity

This swimming sea cucumber looks like a chicken carcass, eats poop floating in the water and uses defecation as a means of propulsion.

Marine scents that capture the complexity of the ocean

A massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago, sparking the Younger Dryas.

Joseph Volm died in August 2023, when he was dragged into the ocean by a rip current

Beneath the subtropical paradise, Bermuda hosts a vast network of caves which contains records of Earth’s climate history. Inside are mineral deposits called speleothems – including stalagmites on the cave floors more than six-foot tall. These grow slowly as water drips down from the cave ceiling, gaining a millimetre every…

Blue whales are falling silent as marine heatwaves and underwater noise disrupt feeding and communication, signalling deep ecological distress in the oceans.

A new polar project compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink