Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is massive and covers most of the surface of our planet. In addition to its size, it’s packed with life, ranging from an ...

Some of its most powerful predators survive not just through strength, but through constant energy trade-offs that rarely ...

The ocean is getting greener because there is more phytoplankton (aka microscopic algae) in the ocean’s uppermost layer. It ...

Large, warm-bodied fish, like sharks and tuna, may owe their dominance to being able to retain their own body heat, but that advantage comes at a cost. According to a new study, these mesothermic ...

When you think about climate change in our oceans, you may picture coral bleaching, melting sea ice, or extreme weather events. But beneath the ocean's surface, another quiet shift is underway.

You’re a fish in the ocean. It’s 2023 and humans have begun deploying swarms of sentinel robot fish along the reef where you live that will monitor your environment, track pollution and collect ...

The ocean is full of unusual animals, but few catch people off guard quite like the mola mola. It’s a massive, slow-moving disk of a fish with fins that seem placed almost at random, and it drifts ...

Ocean fish populations have fallen dramatically in the past half-century, and climate change is expected to make the problem worse. Governments have designated “marine protected areas”, where where ...

An oft-touted claim from high-profile sources says that there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans by 2050. The claim came from a 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The ...