The whales are now headed north. In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

Since the beginning of March, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center has taken in an unusually high number of sick sea lions and ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

See egg hunt events at bottom Del Mar Rady Auxiliary Unit to host ‘Pirates and Pearls’ fundraiser On Saturday, May 10, from 6 ...

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest echo a development vision ...

In recent weeks, hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and other animals have turned up in the sand dead or seriously ill, alarming ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and sustains life across our planet. It includes the twilight zone and the midnight zone, where ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

The Cook Islands are a group of 15 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, located between French Polynesia and American Samoa. This archipelago was created millions of years ago as the Pacific plate ...