WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes "that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones," researchers said in a July ...

An extraordinary discovery has been made off the coast of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, in the remote Salas y Gómez Ridge. During a recent expedition led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, researchers ...

Scientists found a new species called the spiky-nosed spookfish, a type of ghost shark, in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean surrounding Australia and New Zealand, the National Institute of ...

Scientists found red fish with large eyes, canine-like teeth and discovered a new species: tropical single-spined scorpionfish, study said.

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

The Metals Company, based in Canada, created a U.S. subsidiary to mine Clarion Clipperton, and received a major boost in ...

Kelsey James/NOAA Fisheries Gary Longo was looking for what he thought would be small genetic differences across a single species of small, ocean-dwelling fish: Pacific sardine. But as he examined ...

Scientists found red fish with large eyes, canine-like teeth and discovered a new species: tropical single-spined scorpionfish, study said.

Scientists found red fish with large eyes, canine-like teeth and discovered a new species: tropical single-spined scorpionfish, study said.

Scientists found red fish with large eyes, canine-like teeth and discovered a new species: tropical single-spined scorpionfish, study said.