Early response to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. (US Coast Guard) In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig failed ...

El Niño is reshaping ocean ecosystems as warmer waters open new habitat for marine life, pushing unusual species into ...

Scientists uncover devastating damage to marine life 16 years after BP oil disaster - In the years after the 2010 BP oil ...

Submerged ancient forest floors off Mozambique now shelter young reef fish, suggesting overlooked peat reefs could offer some ...

Marine life in the Gulf of Mexico plummeted by about 60% after BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and has still not fully ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms. Noise in the deep ocean can ...

The oxygen in about every other breath we take comes from microscopic cells—phytoplankton—drifting in the surface of the ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

A new use has emerged for a technology revolutionizing ocean research, led by marine biologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The research ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a deep, dark part of the Gulf of Mexico, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in the ...

A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists ...

A comprehensive investigation has uncovered a stark reduction in animal populations in the Gulf of Mexico since 2011. Researchers observed a staggering 60-85% decrease among various deep-pelagic ...