Shackleton’s Endurance sank in 1915, crushed by Antarctic ice and lost beneath 3,000 meters of freezing water. For over a century, every expedition that tried to find it failed—until a modern crew ...

Members of a research crew on Seal Island rejoiced in the puffins’ comeback, but worried about the impacts of climate change on terns, and seethed with anger over budget cuts by the Trump ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in ...

Scientists have revealed that Hawaiian monk seals produce far more underwater vocalizations than previously believed. Their ...

Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird ...

The oldest gray seal "living in human care" has died aged 51. Sheba has lived at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the majority ...

A new paper by University of Rhode Island post-doctoral researchers Emily Sperou and Renato Borras-Chavez published in the ...

Dear Eric: My very best friend of 40 years and I had a falling out last year. Prior to that, we’ve shared so many experiences – vacations, holidays, family get-togethers. Not sure what exactly was the ...

The beaches of South Georgia, a remote splinter of ice and rock in the South Atlantic, should be a place of deafening, ...

A new study from the Marine Institute says harp seals are playing a key role in the slowed recovery of cod stocks and other fish populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. An estimated 4.4 million ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris ...