Ocean

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

Herring and her 83 crew were presumed lost after failing to report to Midway on July 13, 1944. She was stricken from the Navy Register four months later.

The submarine USS Herring (SS-233) passes Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on October 12, 1943.
Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist looks at a turtle at a coast in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, August 12, 2002; file photo.

Famed Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil dies of injuries sustained from Israeli strike

A lifeguard and a NSW Police boat patrol Coogee Beach following a shark attack in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026.

Sydney reopens Coogee Beach under heavy patrols after woman critically injured in shark attack

Chinese porcelain discovered in 18th century shipwreck in Norway, June 3, 2026.

WATCH: Norway recovers Chinese porcelain, European-made goods from 18th-century shipwreck


Spanish authorities seize anchor used by 19th century sunk British war ship HMS Serpent

The anchor was being used for decoration in a house in Muxía, according to Spanish media reports.

 The anchor of the HMS Serpent.

Scientists discover world's largest coral in Solomon Islands, spanning over 34 meters

The 300-year-old coral, initially mistaken for a shipwreck, offers hope amid global ocean warming.

 Greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) on the coral reef.

Newly discovered sea slug is first known to swim in the ocean's Midnight Zone

Scientists observed the glowing mollusk for over 20 years before identifying it as a new species.

 Bathydevius caudactylus.

School of sharks spotted near Ashkelon power plant

The plant, operated by the IEC, uses seawater to cool its production units. It then releases the slightly warmer water back into the sea, which can attract fish and sharks.

Dusky Shark swiming in the sea

Study reveals Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor subsurface ocean

Researchers mapped Miranda's surface features, including its cracks, ridges, and unique trapezoidal coronae.

 Miranda (Uranus' moon).

Rare translucent jellyfish found on UK beach, caught on camera - report

“There's not many instances where you can see the prey of a creature in a predator's stomach!” Banfield said.

Jellyfish 370

Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef, scientists say

Australia's Great Barrier Reef faces severe threats from record-high water temperatures, with rising warmth linked to climate change over 400 years.

 Two clownfish swim inside of a sea anemone in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 26, 2019.

Wreck of famed Shackleton’s last expedition ship ‘Quest’ found underwater off Canada’s coast

The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest, was found off Canada's coast, 62 years after it vanished, using sonar scans by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

 An undated side-scan sonar image shows the wreck of Quest, Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition ship on which he died off the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic in 1922, as it lies upright and intact on the seabed at a depth of 390 metres northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Could AI save the oceans from pollution and overfishing?

About 5.25 trillion tiny pieces of plastic – or more than 600 pieces for each of the three billion people on Earth – have entered the oceans and seas.

The Mediterranean ecosystem is experiencing changes because of both climate change and increased human activities near and at sea

Marine experts in Australia in race to save 140 stranded pilot whales

Up to four pods of whales have washed ashore in Western Australia near Perth.

Youths push a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), one of dozens which got stranded at a beach in Bangkalan near Surabaya, East Java province, Indonesia, February 19, 2021