Science taps into ocean secrets
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Some 13,000 new marine species have been discovered in the past year by an international survey project.
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A genetic study sheds light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago.
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Scientists are tracking the oceanâs biggest whales to figure out how exactly they get enough food to build their giant bodies.
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See some of the biggest, weirdest, deepest, and "hottest" discoveries made this year by the Census of Marine Life ocean survey.
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His hand on a toggle switch and his eyes on a computer screen, Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich uses an array of scientific instruments to probe the vibrant waters of the Pacific. He is searching for the absence of life.
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Marine creatures are thriving by a record hot volcanic vent in the Atlantic and in dark waters under thick Antarctic ice, boosting theories that planets other than Earth are suitable for life, scientists said on Sunday.
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Mass migrations of the marine crustaceans stir up ocean waters and may help pump nutrients to the surface waters, according to new research.
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Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.
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By Gerrodette, Tim  HOW TO SAVE OCEANIC LIFE Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Elliott A. Norse and Larry B. Crowder, eds. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2005. 470 pp., illus. $49.95 (ISBN 9781559636629 paper).
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In what is being called a "mind-blowing" discovery, divers have found anchors, cauldrons and cannonballs near a remote Hawaiian atoll where two British whaling ships were lost nearly two centuries ago.
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Science & environment: Giant sea creatures have been found by Australian scientists in the deep waters around Antarctica
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A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
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MONTEREY, Calif. -- On a sunny mid-October afternoon, Stanford University graduate student Chris Perle was out at sea, searching for a four-inch metallic gray object, resembling a small microphone with an antenna, adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave dampingÂ -- diminishingÂ -- deep in the Earth's mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
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Washington Post science writer Juliet Eilperin discusses her Monday Science Page feature story about how technology is transforming our understanding of the ocean.
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Experts think they've solved the mystery of what has been killing sea turtles in the Indian Ocean at the peak of their nesting season.
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Seasat 1 gives oceanographers their first in-depth look across the world's broad ocean environment.