Seabirds such as albatrosses and petrels are retreating into smaller areas of ocean and traveling further to find new places to live as the climate warms. Scientists from the University of Reading ...

Microplastics may be disrupting phytoplankton and weakening the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon, according to a new study.

The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to ...

Without oceans absorbing greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet, "we'd all be gone by now," which is why we must work hard to protect them, says Oceana's Jackie Savitz Oceans play an ...

"Our Oceans" is a five-episode documentary series set to premiere on Netflix on Nov. 20 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Palau Marine Police unit, tasked with patrolling a stretch of sea as large as France, search a foreign fishing boat ...

Last year was the hottest on record for the world’s oceans for the third year in a row, according to new research, part of a long-term upward trend in ocean temperature that scientists say is ...

Two-thirds of the planet is covered by water, and much of that space is ungoverned. Human rights and environmental crimes occur often and with impunity in this realm, because the oceans are sprawling ...