The US government this week announced it has begun the process to consider designating the waters surrounding the Pacific Remote Islands as a national marine sanctuary.
Aquanaut and former US Navy diver Dr. Joe Dituri is spending 100 days underwater to study the effects of long-term exposure to pressure and whether that can be good for one's health.
A new analysis from Oceana has found that hundreds of boats were speeding through slow zones designed to protect North Atlantic right whales in the weeks prior to a deadly boat strike.
In 2011, scientists recorded a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales around the world, behavior they now think has been practiced for thousands of years.
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation has announced the launch of registration for Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), the premier U.S. ocean policy conference.