On Friday afternoon, Orange Coast College students in the aquarium science program released 200 tagged white sea bass into ...

We study ocean habitats and strategies for conserving ocean life. In analyzing marine protected areas, we’ve concluded that simply designating protected zones is not enough. To be effective, these ...

During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish ...

A lucky group got to witness one of the rare moments the “sea comes alive” off the California coast, and footage shows the ...

While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...

dark depths of the ocean. So much is unknown about the deep sea, and these unusual adaptations can teach scientists more about what life is like thousands of feet beneath the waves. Scientists ...

Come face to face with an 11-foot oarfish at Birch Aquarium's newest exhibit, exploring the myths and mysteries of these rare deep-sea giants.

May 28, 2025 — Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer ... Huge Sea-Urchin ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Sea level—perpetual flux. There is a micromillimetre on the surface of the ocean that moves between sea and sky and is simultaneously both and neither. Every known life-form exists in relation ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...