The Global Ocean Observing System informs weather forecasts and climate projections. But funding pressures could create data ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

New research shows rising ocean temperatures may cause corals to lose oxygen and die before bleaching becomes visible during heatwaves.

Seabirds such as albatrosses and petrels are retreating into smaller areas of ocean and traveling further to find new places to live as the climate warms. Scientists from the University of Reading ...

Without oceans absorbing greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet, "we'd all be gone by now," which is why we must work hard to protect them, says Oceana's Jackie Savitz Oceans play an ...

Earth’s earliest microbes may have built vital chemistry around molybdenum, a metal thought too scarce to matter in ancient ...

The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to ...

The oceans ministry is continuing efforts to develop South Korea's southeastern region into a global maritime hub in ...

"Our Oceans" is a five-episode documentary series set to premiere on Netflix on Nov. 20 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

Last year was the hottest on record for the world’s oceans for the third year in a row, according to new research, part of a long-term upward trend in ocean temperature that scientists say is ...

This video explores the terrifying story of Leviathan melvillei, a prehistoric sperm whale that ruled the oceans millions of years ago as one of the planet’s deadliest apex predators. It highlights ...