oceans

Proposed sites include a hydrothermal field and a "white shark cafe."

The crustaceans’ extraordinary genitals can get longer, thicker, change shape, and even fall off and regenerate in order to suit their environment.

Researchers were ready to fight a crab over rights to the mysterious prize.

It may look silly, but it serves an important purpose.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the regulation allowing the Navy to use its long-range sonar violates the Marine Protection Act.

“Sharktivity” is now available for iOS.

At sea for 350 days out of the year, Salcedo's legs shake when he's on dry land.

And because they’re cephalopods, they do it in a completely unexpected way.

Behold the spectacle of coquina clams appearing seemingly from nowhere to feed.

The Hywind wind farm will be the largest of its kind.

Something to ponder during your next bubble bath.

The world was a scary place in the Middle Ages.

3. Spring is when a young oyster looks for love.

NOAA has discovered the final resting place of the USS Conestoga.

New audio recordings from the Mariana Trench capture the sounds of whales, earthquakes, storms, and ships from 7 miles above.

This class project ended up 4000 miles from home.

You wouldn't want to bump into this guy on a midnight swim.

A new study on whale vocalizations shows that Caribbean sperm whales all use a certain acoustic pattern that’s not heard outside of the region.

A new study suggests that octopuses aren’t as asocial as we thought, and that their color-changing abilities aren't just camouflage.

These vocal cetaceans native to Arctic waters are nicknamed the "canaries of the sea," and can even mimic human speech.

Scientists are trying to better understand their iridescent shades.

Museum scientists later identified the specimen as a striated frogfish.

They can survive eating the toxic Latrunculin A, but their predators may not.

2. Unlike its cephalopod relative the octopus, the nautilus has a poor memory.