While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world's oceans, they have yet ...

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

Seafood shoppers might notice higher prices, recreational divers and snorkelers will find murkier waters, and even worse; ...

filled with new bathymetric – or seafloor – charts collected by survey vessels and research ships cruising the seas. The world's largest public map of Earth's oceans grows just a little bit more.

After 19 years of negotiations, a historic agreement has been reached to protect the world's oceans and ensure all the world's people can benefit from the high seas while also protecting marine life.

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050 ... debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is ...

In addition, oceans are much deeper, with an average depth of about 12,000 feet while the Mediterranean Sea, one of the world’s largest seas, has an average depth of about half that of oceans.