France claims to have already protected over 30% of its waters, but these findings show that most of these “protections” are on paper only. In France’s European waters, bottom trawling is widespread, ...

The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its ...

There are times when the Scripps National Spelling Bee transforms into a geography bee. Scripps has begun relying on obscure ...

Justin Funa is a student in the Master of Advanced Studies program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (MAS MBC) at ...

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species ...

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...

British-South African endurance athlete Lewis Pugh officially finished his 62-mile, 12-day swim around the Massachusetts ...

Thousands of feet below sea level, the creatures that live in the deep sea survive without direct sunlight, plants or the ...

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it,” John F. Kennedy, Jr., wrote ...

The Governor's Hurricane Conference is once again being held in West Palm Beach ahead of the start of hurricane season June 1 ...

Earth's surface is mostly deep ocean, but a new study reveals just how little we have glimpsed of the floor of our planet's ...