Ocean

Restoring and "rewilding" islands that have been decimated by damaging invasive species provides benefits to not only the terrestrial ecosystem but to coastal and marine environments as well, researchers have found.

New Zealand sport fishermen were shocked when a 9ft/2.7m Mako shark jumped out of the water and landed on the bow of their boat.

PADI is celebrating a major victory in shark conservation after governments agreed to restrict international trade in requiem sharks.

Scientists are studying the first known nursery area for hammerhead sharks in the United States, and are conducting a crowdfunding campaign to pay for it.

New research has found harmful levels of Algae bloom in the bull sharks of Florida’s Indian River Lagoon.

Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX and Black in Marine Science (BIMS) announced this week they have expanded their partnership to better understand the oceans.

Renowned shark conservationist Andy Casagrande has teamed up with PADI to design a signature collection of PADI Gear.

NovFeed, a Tanzanian biotech company, has won the Ocean Exchange's 2022 Neptune Award for its solution to convert organic waste into aquaculture food.

OceanX recently helped in the conducting of a survey of megafauna in the northern Red Sea, and boy howdy, did scientists find a lot.

A New Zealand-led team has confirmed that last January's massive underwater Tongan volcano eruption was the loudest ever recorded on earth.

Candela Technology has launched a virtually silent explorer vessel, the P-8 Voyager, to combat the effects of noise pollution on reefs.

A US$3 million grant from the National Science Foundation has been awarded to a team of scientists for a project to empower local communities to help monitor reef health.

A new tool to monitor the health of marine ecosystems and highlight extinction risks has been created by researchers.

An advisory board of experts will meet online November 29th, 2022 to discuss the US government's ocean exploration program.