Ocean

Victoria Gill, Kate Stephens and Gwyndaf Hughes BBC News Science team Elisenda Balleste The researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic Peninsula Why would …

Ocean Grove, a 272-acre dry town on the Jersey Shore, now has a newly renovated boutique hotel, which just opened in July 2025. The 27-room Hotel Albatross is on Ocean …

Lanternfish are one of the many residents of the ocean’s twilight zone, which is known for being very dark and housing likely the majority of the sea’s fish. 3dsam79/Getty Images …

Illustration of what the Mollisonia animal would have looked like at the time it lived, more than 500 million years ago. Nick Strausfeld hide caption toggle caption Nick Strausfeld Illustration …

Angela Hsieh for NPR Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world’s oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found …

A Glaucus atlanticus eats a Porpita. Both are residents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Oxford Scientific/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oxford Scientific/Getty Images A Glaucus atlanticus eats a …

Director Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws with the mechanical shark in the background. Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC “Jaws” is one of the most iconic and instantly …

The Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans constantly affect one another; it’s a feedback loop that influences wind and weather patterns, ocean currents, and more. But what happens when the atmosphere …

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline. Since 2015, Antarctica has lost sea ice …

Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, wants his firm to be the first to commercially mine the ocean floor. He applauded a recent executive order signed by President Trump, …