More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a ...

Scientists discovered hidden phosphorus spikes in ancient limestone that may help explain two of Earth’s worst marine mass ...

Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

Without oceans absorbing greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet, "we'd all be gone by now," which is why we must work hard to protect them, says Oceana's Jackie Savitz Oceans play an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Palau Marine Police unit, tasked with patrolling a stretch of sea as large as France, search a foreign fishing boat ...

Last year was the hottest on record for the world’s oceans for the third year in a row, according to new research, part of a long-term upward trend in ocean temperature that scientists say is ...