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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Ocean Fantasy Museum

An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.
Anumi Sassaroli surveys the fish population on a portion of the Florida Keys' barrier reef as part of a coral conservation project through the nonprofit CARES.
coral reefs

These Summer Campers Are Saving Oceans One Coral Polyp at a Time

In the Florida Keys, young people are helping to rebuild the world's third largest barrier reef.
Karuna Eberl June 25, 2024
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Cijin Shell Gallery

This seaside museum boasts a colorful collection of over 3,000 shells, the largest in Taiwan.
Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation's Gitdisdzu Lugyeks Marine Protected Area (MPA) was recently awarded a coveted "blue park" status by a renowned international ocean conservation group.
nature preserves

Canada's First Blue Park Is a Stunning Showcase of Marine Stewardship

British Columbia's Kitasu Bay is the first Indigenous-protected marine park in the world.
Rochelle Baker May 13, 2024
A bathymetric map shows the Solito Seamount off the coast of Chile. Scientists on a recent expedition found isolated seamounts like these to hold distinct ecosystems, including thriving deep-sea coral reefs and sponge gardens.
volcanoes

Every Time They're Found, Underwater Volcanoes Just Burst With Life

New discoveries off the Chilean coast include dozens of species new to science.
Robin George Andrews March 12, 2024
Many-armed sunflower sea stars are fast-moving and can grow to the diameter of a bicycle tire, making them formidable hunters.
science

Baby Sea Stars Are Voracious Predators That Might Just Save an Ecosystem

Along the Pacific Coast, fast and furious sunflower sea stars are vicious hunters as adults—and they're even hungrier when young.
Roxanne Hoorn February 27, 2024
Australian giant cuttlefish males (top) and females (bottom) show different coloration in mating displays.
science

The Weird and Wonderful World of Sex Under the Sea

From penis dueling to pee potions to switching sexes, there’s no one right way of getting it on in the ocean.
Roxanne Hoorn February 21, 2024
aquariums

Podcast: Hello From the Otter Side

How a “Darth Vader” disguise helps rescue baby pups.
dinosaurs

The Secrets of the Sea Hidden High in the Andes

Colombia's paleontologists uncover rich fossil deposits that could change what we know about ancient oceans.
Santiago Flórez January 29, 2024
Diving with a Purpose is a marine archaeology group searching for a shipwreck that once carried enslaved Africans.
ships

Podcast: The Guerrero

Searching for enslaved history once swept away with the tides.
The Podcast Team January 29, 2024
The new species is about a foot long, and like other species, curls into a ball with their suckers pointing out when protecting their eggs.
science

New Species of Octopus Thrives in Deep Sea Nurseries

At warm, deep sea springs off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, throngs of octopus "balls" gather to tend their brood.
Roxanne Hoorn January 16, 2024
A school of grunts on a sunken World War II German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
science

From Shark 'Rest Stops' to Living Reefs, Shipwrecks Teem With Life

When vessels such as the WWII tanker E.M. Clark sink, they begin a second life as habitat for a diverse ecosystem.
Avery Paxton January 15, 2024
Over time water has a way of turning wrecks into otherworldly archaeological sites.
ships

The Year in Wrecks, Lost Ships, and Underwater Discoveries

From unexpected treasure in Ukraine to a unique relic of the American Revolution, Captain Santa’s lost ship to digital dugouts.
Gemma Tarlach December 27, 2023
Busselton, Australia

Busselton Jetty

The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.
The sperm whale population around Dominica is one of the most closely studied in the world.
science

Dominica's Sperm Whales Have a Surprising Superpower: Poop

Around the Caribbean island nation, local cetaceans have some unique traits, including doubling down on defecation.
Ashley Stimpson November 27, 2023
science

Podcast: Into the Twilight Zone With Susan Casey

Investigating the secrets hidden deep below the water's surface.
The Podcast Team October 24, 2023
animals

Podcast: Searching for Squids with Sarah McAnulty

We journey through the ocean depths, meeting a different cephalopod at each stop along the way.
The Podcast Team October 2, 2023
murder

The Batavia's Tale of Mutiny and Murder Gets a New Chapter

Archaeologists have unearthed new details of the 400-year-old bloodshed on a remote Australian island.
Chris Baraniuk September 25, 2023