Exploring the depths of the ocean reveals a fascinating array of life forms, showcasing the incredible adaptability of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to high-pressure environments. Even in ...

Earlier this year [2023], the [Norway] government suggested opening more than 280,000 square kilometers of the country’s territorial waters to deep-sea mining. The plan has the broad backing of the ...

Earlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they're collecting plastic, and their picture shows HUNDREDS of floating animals ...

As failure continues to plague the Ocean Cleanup, the multi-million dollar venture still hasn't collected plastic. Was this all easily avoidable? Yes.

Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We know primarily about Megalodon’s existence ...

David Cassidy, 70’s heartthrob and star of The Partridge Family, died today at age 67. In November of 1970, his hit song, “I Think I love You,” was everywhere on AM radio. It’s one of the first hit ...

Solar eclipse. From Wikimedia commons. On July 20th, 1963, three scientists sat on a research ship 200 miles south of Woods Hole, MA, waiting for something remarkable. They were nearly 4000m above the ...

Ocean Sunfish, also known as Mola Mola, look like a pancake and are just the weirdest fish. I was ambivalent about these creatures until reading this absolutely EPIC Facebook rant about their sheer ...

Because I haven't written an update on the Ocean Cleanup and Boyan Slat in a while... They deployed a 100-m long prototype that is really 30-year old RO-BOOM technology with some new fancy hardware.

The internet is abuzz today at the sight of these fleshy-colored grape-sized sea blobs found on Huntington Beach, CA ...

Traditionally, “commodore” is the title for any officer assigned to command more than one ship at a time, even temporarily, much as “captain” is the traditional title for the commanding officer of a ...

Due to a wonderful confluence of ocean physics, seamounts are biological hotspots. Currents formed by upwelling and tides can bring deep nutrients up the slopes of these underwater mountains, and is ...