Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that ...

This week on The Pulse: oceans are Earth’s defining feature, its largest ecosystem, and the engine that powers our planet.

A unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue coloration may also enable them to change color.

Fans of The Simpsons might remember the episode where disgruntled dolphins storm Springfield, march down Main Street and ...

Sure, you can survive a shipwreck, but have you ever tried surviving a marriage?

One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

Five women scientists from Germany, Indonesia, and Wales have discovered two new species of wart sea slugs from North ...

Paleontologists in southwestern China have unearthed fossils of *Dinocephalosaurus orientalis*, a 240-million-year-old marine ...

The remains of 3,500-year-old rice were recently found in Guam — making it the earliest known evidence of rice in Remote Oceania.

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do ...

It’s summer at the Jersey Shore, time for the favorite male pastime on the beach, girl watching! Most people know the song “The Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” but do you know the ...

On July 11, 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian ...