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


Can whales really save the world from global warming? - study 

Despite past studies proving whales can absorb Carbon Dioxide, this study looks at where they produce more than they take.

 Illustrative image of a humpback whale.

Thousands of unknown sea creatures found in untouched area in Pacific

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, surveys until now only compiled lists with informal species names and very few formal species descriptions.

 View from under the sea (illustrative).

Don't hold your breath: How hammerheads maintain temperature - study

Shark gills can act as natural radiators, cooling down the blood, muscles and organs of a shark.

 A hammerhead shark swims close to Wolf Island at Galapagos Marine Reserve August 19, 2013. Picture taken August 19, 2013.

Researchers find lost WWII sunken ship that killed 1,000 Allied POWs

An American submarine torpedoed the Japanese Montevideo Maru not knowing that there were more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board.

 The SS Montevideo Maru.

What is the giant blue hole that opened in the Western Caribbean? - study

The blue hole, which has been named Taam ja’ Blue Hole (TBH) or ‘Deep Water Hole in English’ has an estimated maximum depth of 274.4 meters below sea level.

A Caribbean island [Illustrative]

Oceans are heating up as El Niño weather patterns return

The climate phenomenon known as "El Niño" has caused oceans to reach the highest temperatures in recorded history.

 A pair of dolphins leap in the wake of Royal Caribbean cruise line ship 'Grandeur of the Seas' July 18, 2013 in the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the United States main land.

New box jellyfish species found in Hong Kong's waters - study

Box jellyfish, scientifically known as class Cubozoa, includes some of the highly venomous marine animals that are widely known in tropical waters, the study said.

AT LEAST eight types of Jellyfish populate Israeli waters, most of which don’t sting

New coral reef discovered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

The South American country last year expanded the Galapagos marine reserve by 60,000 square km, an extension of the 138,000 square km already in place, to protect endangered migratory species

Fishes swim among coral reefs in the waters of Alor, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, October 6, 2022.

Archaeologists to find lost underwater civilization with magnetic fields

Magnetic data, like seismic data, is collected by those looking to extract energy sources from the sea floor in order to map out the landscape for construction.

 Illustrative image of underwater civilization.

Rising Antarctic ice melt will dramatically slow global ocean flows - study

Deep ocean water flows from the Antarctic could decline by 40% by 2050, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

 An aerial view of the 200-foot-tall (60-meter-tall) front of the Getz Ice Shelf with cracks, in Antarctica, in this 2016 handout image.