By Liz Kimbrough In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip small branches of corals with gloved hands. Their voices ...

Now, two new species found around the black smoker chimneys of the Hydra and Falkor hydrothermal vent fields have been ...

Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep ...

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 ...

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

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

Conservationists say Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by images of six tonnes of coral caught in a single trawl ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea ...

The expedition will bring together regional scientists, especially from small island developing states. Read more at ...

As David Attenborough reflects in his new documentary Ocean, "After living for nearly 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea". We ...

Massive sea urchin populations are destroying Hawaii's coral reefs faster than they can naturally rebuild themselves.

The new film “Ocean With David Attenborough” is both a breathtaking celebration of marine life and a sobering exposé of the ...