Picture the vast expanse of ocean you've seen in postcards or vacation photos - that brilliant blue stretching endlessly ...

Summer may be over, but you can dive into mesmerizing waters with this excerpt from “America’s Marine Sanctuaries” The ocean is awsirl with movement. The seas that cover more than 70 percent of our ...

The oceans are losing their light – and with it, possibly their life. A new study reveals more than 20% of the Earth's oceans, an area larger than Asia, has darkened over the last two decades. These ...

At EXPO '98, the conservation organization WWF and the IUCN-World Conservation Union, today released their first-ever global strategy for marine conservation: Creating a Sea Change: A Vision for Our ...

Thursday marks World Oceans Day, a United Nations program focused on raising awareness of one of our planet’s most important resources. Whether we live in the ocean or not, we are all bound to the ...

In the deep ocean, thousands of feet below the surface, it looks like it's snowing. At those depths, the water is filled with slowly drifting particles known as "marine snow," part of a never-ending ...

June is the month when the global community honors the crucial services the ocean provides. From World Ocean Day (June 8 this year) to the United Nations Ocean Conference (June 27-July 1), we ...