Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

Coral reefs, the ocean's most biodiverse ecosystems, face grave threats. Restoring them through nature-based solutions is ...

A team of researchers from National Geographic's Pristine Seas team have discovered the world's largest coral colony in the ...

The stonefish might look like just another rock on the ocean floor, but don't let that fool you; it holds the title of the most venomous fish in the world. If you're not careful, a step on this ...

Geoscience Australia will play an active role in supporting Seabed 2030’s mission of accelerating ocean floor mapping.

SEE: Before and after images/video of this Pacific island, destroyed and restored to be a breeding ground for sea turtles and ...

When El Niño developed in 2016, warming up the Pacific Ocean, it killed off a third of the corals of the Great Barrier Reef.

Then he'll get to work. Called the "rainforests of the sea" for their dazzling biodiversity, coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor but provide habitat for more than a quarter of all ...

This is Bathydevius caudactylus, the first known nudibranch of its kind: living not in shallow waters, or on the seafloor, ...

Intensive seabed trawling may accelerate carbon emissions, as new research reveals its disruptive impact on ocean sediments.

The SS United States — a luxury ocean liner built in the 1950s — was planned to be used as a Cold War transport ship for troops and now will become part of the world’s largest artificial reef off ...

Scientists have explored how changes in sea surface temperatures during the Cretaceous influenced the diversification and ...