Canada continues to tout itself as a “world leader” in tackling ghost gear — discarded nets, traps, ropes and other fishing equipment that's known to harm marine life — even though funding for the ...

A research trip to Antarctica uncovered marine life that hadn't been seen before in one of the world's most remote spots.

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

As the world's livestock shipping fleet ages, urgent action is needed to protect lives and the environment. What are the ...

Some USF faculty and students are divided on whether the protection act is a scientific necessity or simply an emotional ...

What if you could stop sharks from entering the beach without hurting them or any other animals by deploying magnets?

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Tidal turbines harbor the potential to provide a natural, inexhaustible source of power, but have faced some regulatory ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Wikie and her son Keijo are the last killer whales living in France and have been left in deteriorating conditions since ...