On Friday afternoon, Orange Coast College students in the aquarium science program released 200 tagged white sea bass into ...

Days spent adrift in the vast ocean, amid rolling waves and roaring winds – this is the life for many deep-sea fishermen. Cut off from the routines of land, they cast massive nets into the water and ...

Come face to face with an 11-foot oarfish at Birch Aquarium's newest exhibit, exploring the myths and mysteries of these rare deep-sea giants.

Life thrives far beneath the surface, in places once thought too harsh for survival. In the shadows of Earth’s crust, tiny ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...

Jellyfish are brainless, boneless, eyeless creatures that are 95% water. Despite this simplicity, however, they’ve withstood ...

And yet scientists are studying kelp not just as a casualty of climate change but as a survivor. “Diving into the kelp forest is like falling into a dream,” says Sara T. Gonzalez, a researcher at the ...

The mammals' return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish is ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb ... the oasis ecosystems that whale carcasses provide to deep sea species, from hagfish (Eptatretus deani) and sleeper sharks ...

sea slugs, and other marine life. While Tuesday's low tide will be the weakest of the 28-day tide cycle, Wednesday, April 30, at 1:28 p.m. will dip -3.38' below what's called Mean Lower Low Water ...

Deep-sea mining threatens entire ecosystems, including the delicate coral gardens that protect life, and tiny microscopic engines that play a huge role in maintaining the ocean’s carbon cycle.

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb ... Seabirds and fish that migrate from the sea into freshwater bodies have a significant effect on phosphorus transfer from ...