Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

The Blaschka Glass Invertebrates Collection was recently moved from Corson-Mudd Hall to the Museum of the Earth. The ...

Most people underestimate just how deep the ocean really is. Beyond the surface, there are layers of darkness that humans have barely explored. As you go deeper, the pressure increases and the ...

Iskra’s glitter worm and the Elven abyss tunicate among top species recognized by the World Register of Marine Species Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography described two of ...

Scientists find a deep-sea coral ecosystem over 100 years old, raising urgent concerns about bottom trawling in the South Pacific.

1954 was a great year for the movies. Legends like Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, and Federico Fellini were all hard at ...

Come face-to-face (or, face-to-fossil) with prehistoric ocean predators in an upcoming exhibition from London’s Natural ...

Reaching over 30 feet long, the mysterious giant oarfish is the real-life "sea serpent" behind centuries of myths and legends ...

Over the long and complicated course of evolutionary history, mammals independently turned towards water to make a home multiple times. While many of the warm-blooded animals that abandoned dry land ...

The 62-year-old metal legend ditched candlelight for fins and face masks, holding up a handwritten sign beneath the waves that read: “Adriana Gillett will you marry me?” ...