The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and social of marine mammals. They live in tight-knit pods ...

If you ask anyone what a dolphin eats, you’ll probably get the same answer — fish! After all, fish are abundant in all the ...

Despite their resilience, Cuvier’s beaked whales face numerous threats from human activities, such as ocean noise pollution, which can interfere with their echolocation. Additionally, climate change ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

The deep-sea environment comprises a wealth of distinct ecosystems, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and subsurface habitats. A multitude of bacteria and archaea live in these distant niches ...

New satellite maps reveal how oceans absorb carbon, offering real-time insight into climate shifts and ocean acidification.

In the early 1970s, Jacques Cousteau visited the Spanish coast aboard his ship, the Calypso. The commander had been invited ...