Most people wouldn’t give “forage fish” a second thought. These fish are small, silvery, and often not very impressive looking, swimming around the open ocean in giant schools feasting on microscopic ...

Sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific today adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global ...

Will artificial intelligence help or harm ocean conservation? From orbit, satellites silently monitor the ocean depths, gathering more information than could ever be collected from ships or shore.

The ocean might be about to change the weather where you live. Recent news reports warn that parts of the central Pacific Ocean are warming up fast, and that a powerful weather pattern known as El ...

From New York to Rome, Tokyo to Marrakech, cities across the world are renowned for their unique and historic architecture. But beneath the waves, marine communities have their own variety of stunning ...

Josana Pinto da Costa guides her small fishing boat through the murky, moonlit Amazon River in northern Brazil, where she makes her living fishing. She fishes in the nighttime, not by choice, but ...

The ocean remains one of the least explored places on Earth—and every year, scientists uncover new species that remind us just how much there is still to learn. In 2025, researchers described a ...

Today, the Philippines officially declared the waters surrounding Panaon Island a Protected Seascape, preserving some of the most vibrant and biodiverse coral reefs on the planet. The protected area ...

Have you seen reports of stinky seaweed blanketing beaches in Belize, Mexico, and even parts of the United States like Florida and the Carolinas? Well, this seaweed has a name: sargassum. And this ...

Manta rays consist of two species: reef manta rays (mobula alfredi), and their larger, more elusive counterparts, giant manta rays (mobula birostris). Today’s blog spotlights the giant manta ray, the ...

Love is in the ocean air…or should we say, water? Many marine animals have their own unique ways of showing affection, from penguins that woo with pebbles to seahorses that sway with their mates. Dive ...