During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the ...

Encountering a Black marine biologist, marine scientist, and even Black certified scuba divers is rare, even in 2024. Zippia data shows that only three percent of all marine biologists identify as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Stranded sick sea ...

Daniel Costa has been studying how elephant seals, whales, and other marine animals interact with their watery environment since he started his graduate work at UC Santa Cruz in 1974. Now a professor ...

Shark week is approaching, and everyone is wild for those cartilaginous fish. I am compelled to write my annual article with a cautionary tale on why they are considered an apex predator and why we ...

In the Caribbean, marine biologists are warning that unprecedented ocean heat is further stressing a coral reef system that’s already on the brink of collapse. This week the Farmers Insurance company ...

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This moniker is used to describe the vast stretch of ocean from the west coast of North America to Japan that is crammed with an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, most of which are plastic. “I ...