Oceans
Three Cows Swept Away by Hurricane Dorian Have Been Found Alive
Officials think the brave bovines swam between four and five miles to the Cape Lookout National Seashore
This Bioplastic Made From Fish Scales Just Won the James Dyson Award
British product designer Lucy Hughes has invented a biodegradable plastic made from fish offcuts
Russia Frees Last Belugas From Notorious ‘Whale Jail’
Dozens of orcas and belugas had been kept in small sea pens, reportedly awaiting sale to China
Newly Identified Fish Nurseries Are Choked With Plastic
Larval fish congregate in surface slicks, which contain plankton—and 126 times more plastic than surrounding waters
This Wreck May Be the Sister Ship of Sweden's Ill-Fated 'Vasa' Warship
Divers discovered the wreckage of two 17th-century warships off the coast of an island near Stockholm
Scientists Around the World Declare 'Climate Emergency'
More than 11,000 signatories to a new research paper argue that we need new ways to measure the impacts of a changing climate on human society
Crabs Can Learn to Navigate Mazes, Too
A new study highlights the cognitive abilities of an understudied animal
These Newly Discovered Shrimp Call a Whale Shark's Mouth Home
Found in a whale shark off Okinawa, hundred of amphipods were living it up in the giant fish's gills
Voracious Purple Sea Urchins Are Ravaging Kelp Forests on the West Coast
The trouble started in 2013, when sea stars, an urchin predator, began to die off
This Device Has Been Measuring the Ocean's Plankton Since the 1930s
Largely unchanged since it was invented, the Continuous Plankton Recorder collects plankton as it is towed behind a ship
Why Did Thousands of Rubber Bands Show Up on an Uninhabited Cornish Island?
Nesting gulls have likely been trying to feed the bands found in nearby flower fields to their chicks for decades
Watch Marine Life Feast on a Complete Whale Skeleton on the Ocean Floor
It’s spooky season on the seafloor, too
Watch Humpback Whales Scoop Fish Into Their Mouths Using Their Fins
With the help of a drone and other new technologies, researchers were able to study the whales from a bird’s-eye view
North Atlantic Right Whale Mamas Whisper to Their Babies to Keep Them Safe
By using soft grunts instead of their normal loud call, it's believed they avoid the attention of orcas, sharks and other predators
Heidi the Snoozing Octopus May Not Be Dreaming After All
A video of the octopus’ in-sleep color changes are fascinating, but it doesn’t tell us much
Designing Floating Buildings With an Eye to the Marine Species Living Underneath
A prototype deployed in San Francisco Bay imagines the underside of a floating building as an upside-down artificial reef
This Ancient Shark Looked Like an Eel and Swallowed Its Prey Whole
Scans of a rare 360-million-year-old shark skeleton shows the beasts used hunting techniques similar to modern sharks and fish
Dolphins Are Finally Living and Breeding in the Potomac River Again
About 1,000 bottlenose dolphins have been recorded in the lower reaches of the recovering river, including one that gave birth in August
Shedding Genes Helped Whales and Dolphins Evolve for Life at Sea
When adopting an aquatic lifestyle, cetaceans ditched genetic code related to sleep, DNA restoration and more
Coral Reefs Face the Dual Threats of Ocean Acidification and Erosion
As coral tissues die off, the exposed calcified skeleton becomes vulnerable to organisms that eat away at the dying reefs
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