The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries has confirmed that conditions remain favorable for Russian vessels operating in ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

The farm uses groundwater, not Colorado River water. It's a nonrenewable resource, and like mining, different people and ...

Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19. The change reflects shifting concentrations of a ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Enric Sala: For me, I’ve been working on ocean science and conservation for more than 35 years, but I had not seen bottom trawling underwater. That was the surprising thing for me.

The main target was the sea bass and he said many of his fares caught their 10-fish bag limit, but they also landed fluke, ling and some Boston mackerel which have showed up. How long the macks stick ...

Juvenile fishing, facilitated by smaller mesh sizes (<25mm) that allow sub-legal fish to enter nets, depletes spawning stock biomass, driving long-term declines in commercially important species ...

Ask an ecologist (or connoisseur), and they’ll tell you that sardines, herring, anchovies and their pelagic brethren are the heroes and delicacies of the ocean. Ask your climate questions.

There are about 15 species of sharks in the Lamniformes order, the group commonly known as mackerel sharks. These animals have cylindrical bodies, cone-shaped heads and circular eyes. They live in a ...