On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

A deep-sea expedition to one of Earth's most remote island chains has surfaced stunning pictures of the vibrant ecosystems ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened ...

The stony coral, which is a critical reef building coral and protected in New Zealand, was pulled up by an unnamed trawler towards the end of the 2024 while it was fishing on the Chatham Rise, a large ...

The waters off American Samoa could come up for lease for mineral exploration under a process the Trump administration will ...

As Fournoi fishermen struggle with dwindling catches, a historic marine protection law offers hope for recovery, making ...

Conservationists say Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by images of six tonnes of coral caught in a single trawl net off New Zealand’s east coast ...

The new film “Ocean With David Attenborough” is both a breathtaking celebration of marine life and a sobering exposé of the industrial forces pushing the ocean toward collapse.