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Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

Venus has long been discussed as a former "ocean world" like Mars, but a new study in PNAS shows this era may have been short lived.

‘Cleanup is futile’ if production continues at current rate, amid rapid rise in marine pollution

Kiska, a killer whale, is living alone in a very small tank and has been filmed swimming in circles at amusement park MarineLand in Florida, US


Sea ice coverage in Antarctica shrank to the smallest area on record in February for the second year in a row, continuing a decade-long decline, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Tuesday.

Oysters, tuna and other wild-caught fish we eat often contain microplastics

The treaty, if ratified, will establish a new set of rules aimed at conserving marine species and ecosystems

The fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is explored in a new Netflix documentary

Two endangered entities — marine life and multilateralism — got a big weekend boost when the United Nations announced a significant new treaty to better protect ocean biodiversity.

Australian conservationists and researchers are celebrating an international agreement to protect the ocean and its animals.

Four people were killed when Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which had resurfaced, slammed Madagascar on Monday.