Killer whales, or orcas, are apex predators with remarkable intelligence, social bonds, and hunting strategies. They live in every ocean, with some populations specializing in unique diets and ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, May 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new Oceana ...

A new use has emerged for a technology revolutionizing ocean research, led by marine biologists from Scripps Institution of ...

As the Earth shifts to climates not seen for several hundred thousand years, we may need to look at ancient environments for clues about what could happen next. Our new study of two whale fossils, ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new ...

The discovery challenges a 370-million-year-old assumption that only vertebrates could be top ocean predators.

Scientists call the vast community that carries out this work the necrobiome – a shifting cast of microbes, insects, ...

Below 3,000 feet, the ocean stops playing by the rules. The local creatures hadn’t gotten the memo that eyes should be on the ...

The whale sharks are a good omen for the fishers because they know when the whale sharks come, that means that lots of small ...

The new study is a reminder that technology is advancing quickly and our understanding of its ecological impact is still catching up.