SEA LIFE San Antonio is on the hunt for the city’s very first Mini Marine Biologist, and young sea-life fans are invited to make a splash. To enter, kids must submit a 100-word essay explaining why ...

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could soon be ...

A video of a "magical" humpback whale sighting in California has mesmerized viewers on TikTok. On October 2, Sarah Munro-Kennedy from Monterey Bay Whale Watch recorded the footage, which she later ...

Scott Rapoport earned his PhD in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 2003. Drawn to Scripps for its unique blend of engineering and marine biology, Rapoport ...

A team of deep-sea researchers captured video of a sleeper shark prowling nearly 500 meters below the surface near Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands in January 2025, marking the first time the ...

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Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

A new study provides a comprehensive global synthesis of how vessel traffic affects large marine wildlife, including whales, ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive additives ...