Marine Biology

Ecology Ecosystems Animal Behavior Shark Behavior Cetology Biodiversity Oceanography Cetaceans Shark Species Shark Research

Study Finds Florida’s Staghorn and Elkhorn Corals Functionally Extinct After 2023 Heat Wave

Record ocean heat drove catastrophic losses that now imperil Florida’s reef-dependent communities.

China’s Jellyfish-Inspired Robot Glides Underwater in Near Silence With Onboard AI

Miami Beach Drops 11 Concrete Cars as Reefline’s Underwater Art Park Gets Underway

Juvenile Humpback Dies After Long Beach Island Stranding

Rare C31 Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Among Earth’s First Animals

New Zealand Seas Warming 34% Faster Than Global Average, Official Report Finds

Mote’s $130 Million Science Education Aquarium Opens Wednesday East of Sarasota

NOAA Retracts Sea-Lion Decapitation Alert, Says No Parts Were Taken at Pacific Grove

67-Million-Year-Old Alberta Fossil Recasts Otophysan Fish Origins

High Seas Treaty Clears Ratification, Set to Enter Into Force in January 2026

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

New Studies Find Baltic WWII Munitions Host Dense Marine Life Despite Toxic Leaks

New England Hits Peak White Shark Season as Activity Shifts Later and Farther North

Humpback 'Fader' Freed Off Vancouver Island After 450 Feet of Gear Cut Away

Whale Entanglements Hit Record in 2024, With California a National Hotspot

Scientists Advise Zero Cod Catch Across Northern Shelf in 2026, With 11-Tonne Rockall Limit

School of Sharks Seen Near Fremantle Bridge Prompts River Beach Closures

Portugal Collisions Renew Focus on Orca ‘Dialects’ as Scientists Test Play Theory

High-Seas Treaty Reaches 60 Ratifications, Set to Take Effect in January 2026

UN High Seas Treaty Clears 60 Ratifications, Takes Effect Jan. 17, 2026