marine life

Scientists have warned that an extreme marine heat wave off the UK and Ireland coasts is posing a major threat to marine species. According to the official blog of the UK’s Met Office, the global sea surface temperatures for April and May of this year were the highest since records began in 1850. Last month […]

An unusually large pod of 30 killer whales was spotted frolicking in Monterey Bay, California, on Sunday. The group was made up of 11 families, including six whales from Canada, said Nancy Black, director of the nonprofit California Killer Whale Project and a marine biologist at Monterey Bay Whale Watch, as reported by CNN. Orcas […]

A new study has found that high concentrations of microplastics in sand could impact the temperature of the sand and interfere with incubating sea turtles. Researchers from Florida State University used sand from beaches at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory and mixed it with black and white microplastics. The microplastics made up between 5% […]

This year, the 10th annual Photo Competition for United Nations World Ocean Day (UN WOD) received thousands of photo submissions from around the world surrounding the theme, Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.

In a new study, scientists have identified high levels of chemicals in the sea off the southern coasts of England. The chemicals include drugs that could be harming marine life. The Clean Harbours Partnership, along with Portsmouth University, Brunel University and local interest groups, collected hundreds of samples along the coasts of Hampshire and West […]

The shy, elusive vaquita is the smallest and most endangered porpoise in the world, with fewer than 20 remaining in their small range in the Gulf of California’s Sea of Cortez. Vaquitas have been hanging on against all odds, despite the consistent threat of entanglement in gillnets used to illegally catch totoaba, a large fish […]

Today we celebrate United Nations World Oceans Day (UN WOD), with this year’s theme: Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.

The Australian and Queensland governments have introduced a more than $160 million package to phase out the commercial gill net fishing that damages the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world, as well as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Area. […]