Scientists have found an estimated 60 million icefish nests on the seafloor of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, revealing the ...

When it comes to fishing, reeling in the biggest one is often the goal. But as it turns out, leaving the largest and oldest fish in the water can help entire fish populations cope better with ocean ...

Today, oceans host a large variety of fast, resilient marine predators, including tunas, mackerels and various other fish ...

Ocean fish populations have fallen dramatically in the past half-century, and climate change is expected to make the problem worse. Governments have designated “marine protected areas”, where where ...

Fish face a new threat — ocean acidification caused by global warming. In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, researchers found that warming waters and acidification could adversely ...

Though it covers over 70% of our planet, we know startlingly little about what life is like below the surface of our oceans. In fact, all our favorite marine animals – sharks and dolphins, turtles and ...

PORTLAND, Maine — This year’s marine heat waves and spiking ocean temperatures foretell big changes in the future for some of the largest fish in the sea, such as sharks, tunas and swordfish. The ...

An immobilized fish lay between Craig Radford's fingers. The several-week-old Australasian snapper, no longer than a pinkie nail, rested flat on a slab of modeling clay, held down by small staples—“as ...

Use of plastic has increased 20-fold in the past half-century; production of the ubiquitous material is expected to double again in the next 20 years (and nearly quadruple over the next 50). And, CNN ...