"Guitar shark" and snail with venomous "harpoons" among 866 new marine species discovered in ocean
New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...
Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting
Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...
Human-caused marine debris has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea
Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep ...
A dead sea lion was left alone ‘for nature to take its course.’ Someone decapitated it instead
Someone cut off the head of a sea lion in Northern California and rode off with it in a bag. Authorities are now offering $20 ...
A fiery collision in the North Sea has raised fears of an environmental disaster. Here’s what we know
Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil ...
How bad could the North Sea tanker collision be for the environment?
An environmental group in the U.K. says the North Sea tanker collision could become a "disaster in really important protected ...
Marine litter: the importance of making accurate estimates to control these contaminants
Pollution by marine litter of anthropogenic origin –that comes from human activity– is currently one of the biggest ...