Increasingly warm water temperatures brought on by climate change are likely to hit spawning fish and embryos harder than during other times in their life cycle, leaving them more vulnerable to extinction in less than a hundred years.
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At a public hearing Monday on proposed regulations for managing whale and sea turtle entanglements in commercial crab fishing gear on California’s coast, one thing was clear: no one’s happy.
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A group of scientists announced Monday a breakthrough discovery of a deep-sea coral garden in the western waters of Greenland, the first of its kind to be found in the area.
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Environmentalists have asked the Trump administration to reconsider a recent decision to allow the construction of an 800-mile pipeline that will make it easier to export liquified natural gas to Asia.
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Two weeks after President Donald Trump opened the door to commercial fishing in scientifically important ocean waters off the coast of Cape Cod, environmentalists shot back Wednesday with a federal complaint.
Read moreSea otters in the Pacific Northwest are experiencing a resurgence after being hunted to near extinction by the 18th and 19th century fur trade, bringing with them profound benefits to the local environment and economy.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Friday opened 5,000 square miles of ocean off the New England coast to commercial fishing, reversing an order signed by President Barack Obama shortly before he left office.
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KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — Master builders of the sea construct the equivalent of a complex five-story house that protects them
Read moreA Seattle judge should shut down a southeast Alaska Chinook salmon fishery on July 1, attorneys argued Thursday, because the fish that survive there will later feed endangered Southern Resident killer whales starving for a lack of Chinook salmon.
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Sea snakes have been gradually adapting their underwater vision capabilities over the past 15 million years — an impressive biological feat according to scientists.
Read moreThe Sea Shepherd Conservation Society sued Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross et al. in the Court of International Trade for failing to ban fish imports whose nets cause the death of Maui dolphins, an endangered species with only 57 in existence.
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Scientists have recorded a unique game of cat and mouse that exists between prey — squid and lantern fish — and their predator Southern elephant seals, documenting each of their tactics for success in the murky waters of the Southern Ocean.
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While the panel agreed the government could have done a better job consulting with cultural leaders on the significance of the manatee cousin to Okinawa, the Pentagon did enough to greenlight the new Marine base.
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Within the crystal blue waters in the remote Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana are dense schools of fish, whale sharks and vast mountains of salt and coral on the sea bottom.
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Researchers found tracks from the 1989 simulation still clearly visible on the seafloor, 13,000 feet beneath the surface.
Read moreIt’s rare to see a threatened species of sea mammal in shallow waters in southern Thailand but thanks to travel restrictions that have stripped popular destinations of crowds of tourists, a large group of dugongs has made their presence known.
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A severely decomposed young humpback whale washed ashore on a San Francisco beach and experts said Tuesday they were trying to determine how it died.
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On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a federal judge signed off on a settlement that bans imports of seafood caught with nets known to kill the vaquita porpoise.
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A new behavioral study shows that feeding at the ocean’s surface plays a big role in New Zealand blue whales’ foraging strategy by allowing them to optimize their energy use.
Read moreWildEarth Guardians sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming he missed the deadline to determine whether five aquatic species warrant protection as endangered species: the Rio Grande chub, Rio Grande sucker, sturgeon chub, sicklefin chub and narrow-foot Hygrotus diving beetle.
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