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Goofy Looking Ocean Sunfish Are Actually Active Swimmers and Predators
The idea that these giant fish are lazy is just wrong
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Poop Eating Vampire Squids Aren’t Actually Squids at All
The strange-looking animals have a very different reproductive strategy than other cephalopods
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Take a Deep Dive Into The Reasons Land Animals Moved to the Seas
Synthesizing decades of discoveries, scientists have revealed links between changing environments and animal movements
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Why Killer Whales Belong in the Ocean, Not SeaWorld
A former orca trainer makes the case against the theme park
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Draws Sea Turtles to Their Nests
Loggerhead turtles remember the magnetic fingerprint of the beach where they were born
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New Deep-Sea Snails Are Nature’s Own Punk Rockers
The spikes on one hardcore species inspired scientists to name it after Joe Strummer of the Clash, who was also an ardent environmentalist
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Pollution From Hawaii Is Giving Sea Turtles Gross, Deadly Tumors
Nitrogen runoff gets into the turtles’ food and causes tumors on their faces, flippers and organs
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Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, ponders what else is on the ocean floor
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Leatherback Sea Turtles Can Measure Sunlight Through Their Skulls
The anatomical skylight allows the turtles to synch up with the seasons
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In the icy waters off Norway, one intrepid Scot dives deep to satisfy the latest fjord-to-table craze at Europe’s finest restaurants
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Breaking Down the Myths and Misconceptions About the Gulf Oil Spill
Does oil stick around in the ecosystem indefinitely? What was the deal with the deformed fish? Can anything bad that happens in the Gulf be blamed on oil?
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Where Do Newly Hatched Baby Sea Turtles Go?
Special satellite tags that track baby sea turtles show that some ride the North Atlantic Gyre while others float in the Sargasso Sea
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The Giant Squid: Dragon of the Deep
After over 150 years since it was first sighted by the HMS Daedalus, the mysterious creature still eludes scientists
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A massive census of the oceans has turned up a trove of strange marine wildlife, from jellyfish to octopuses to anemones
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George the Lobster Should Stay in Maine Waters
A couple of weeks ago, fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, pulled up a 20-pound lobster
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Picture of the Week - Deep-sea Octopi
Megeleledone setebos (bottom left), an octopus species endemic to the Southern Ocean, surrounded by related octopus species that evolved in the deep-sea
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