The whitefin swellshark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered for a number of years due to declines largely attributed to fishing ...
The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...
A fiery force beneath the ocean is reshaping Tonga’s Home Reef, growing an island through eruptions over the past few years.
Investing in ocean research, infrastructure, and the ocean studies workforce is needed to understand how a changing ocean ...
A vast, shoreless sea drifts in the Atlantic, shaped only by powerful currents. Once a legendary mystery, it now faces an ...
The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...
Deep-sea oarfish and anglerfish sightings near shores fuel speculation about impending disasters, but scientists remain ...
A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...
The United Kingdom ’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) plans to invest 81 million pounds in the development of an ambitious early warning system designed to detect climate tipping points.
An oarfish decided to crash a beach in Playa El Quemado, Baja California Sur, Mexico. No warning—just an unexpected deep-sea ...
Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...