Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

Fossils of marine life have been uncovered at over 8,000 meters above sea level on Mount Everest. These ancient remnants date ...

The question is no longer whether China will take part in global ocean governance, but whether it aims to shape it-- and potentially lead it.

When Brazilian researcher Dr Maria 'Duda' Santos went scuba diving in Okinawa, Japan, she was surprised. Everywhere she looked, she saw species that were totally different to the marine life back home ...

Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge.

Through the lens of conservation photographer and storyteller Anthony Onyango, the country’s vibrant coral gardens reveal a ...

Climate change is rapidly freshening one of Earth’s saltiest ocean regions in the Southern Indian Ocean, potentially disrupting circulation.

Somalia-based NGO Marine Research and Coastal Development (MARCOD) Center is partnering with Madrid, Spain-based satellite ...

For decades, the Indian Ocean has been known for some of the saltiest waters on Earth. But it seems that’s changing. Experts say parts of the Southern Indian Ocean have become noticeably “fresher” ...

Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the region’s 270 known species ...

On a March morning in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state’s capital in southern India, a group of fishers were ...

It’s been nicknamed the “Rosetta Stone” of marine life: a collection of over 6 million species of fish and other oceanic organisms, sitting in a Smithsonian storage and research facility just outside ...