The bizarre species came to the Adriatic accidentally in the ballast water of cargo ships. It is devastating the Italian city ...

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

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Sea urchins are disappearing from the Canary Islands, and scientists warn the loss could trigger major changes across marine ecosystems.

A new study suggests the world's oxygen-depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

The Beachcombing Report is written by Jace Tunnell, the Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institue at ...

A vibrant blue sea creature washed ashore in northern Japan, surprising scientists with its presence in temperate waters and ...

Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination's biggest problems ...

Companies around the world are racing to patent the genetic building blocks of plankton – microscopic ocean life that ...

Beachcombers along the Texas Gulf Coast may have paused mid-walk this week after spotting unusual orange, green and brown ...

The High Seas Treaty took effect Jan. 17, creating the first global framework to protect and manage the vast waters beyond national borders that cover more than 40 percent of the planet. Humanity ...