Shell donates $450K to protect La.'s marine life

Louisiana's efforts to protect marine life in coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico have received a boost with a $450,000 donation from Shell.

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100s of new creatures found on Australian reefs

Marine scientists have discovered hundreds of new animal species on reefs in Australian waters, including brilliant soft corals and tiny crustaceans, according to findings released Thursday.

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Fish pedicures: Carp rid human feet of scaly skin

Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.

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Record Hammerhead Pregnant With 55 Pups

The likely world-record hammerhead shark caught in May weighed 1,280 pounds because it was pregnant with 55 pups — the most scientists have ever seen.

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Population of Endangered Dolphins Rises

The population of an endangered species of dolphin living in Pakistan's Indus River has increased in recent years, but the animal remains at high risk of extinction, the scientist leading a conservation project said Wednesday.

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Hawaiian Waters Grow Crowded With Whales

Greg Kaufman says his whale-watching boat was doing everything by the book: cruising below 13 knots and staying 100 yards from any visible humpback as a crew member scanned the ocean atop a lookout.

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Scientists Study Hundreds of Dead Dolphins

Scientists tried to discover Saturday why hundreds of dolphins washed up dead on a beach popular with tourists on the northern coast of Zanzibar.

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Hawaii May Honor Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

The humuhumunukunukuapuaa officially lost its title as the state fish more than a decade ago but is set to reclaim the honor.

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The captivating pictures show adult sperm whales feasting on a rare giant squid. Though the squid looks small beside the enormous whales, it is thought to be an incredible eight to ten metres long.

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Some plastics are dissolving in less than a year when exposed to seawater. Others remain, and have come together to form a great gyre of plastic in the pacific. Can we clean this up without killing anything? Can we exploit it? We should do something with it, right?

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Every year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa... ...and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km. More Articles

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Our oceans are now emptying of sea creatures and environmentalists are hoping to restock them. Is this a good thing? Those sea creatures of the past were considered a threat and this is why they were eliminated.

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I had no idea seabirds co-operated to trap a shoal of herrings into a tightly packed group to make it easy to pick them off and feed. As if that wasn't extraordinary enough, the whales leverage the birds' hard work to grab a mega-meal in one gulp.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

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Marine Life From Pole to Pole Scientists say it's time to rewrite the textbooks. A marine census released Monday revealed that the polar oceans are home to far more species than had previously been thought.

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I have the great pleasure to own this fascinating BBC documentary, The Blue Planet, about those amazing creatures that live thousands of feet beneath the waves. Here's another clip from the film for you to enjoy.

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Satomi's pygmy seahorse, endemic to Indonesia, is one of the world's tiniest seahorses. Two adults would fit head-to-head across the face of a penny and their offspring are each about the size of a 12-point apostrophe.

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Thanks to the wonder of the blogosphere, I have been invited to a screening of the new film, Under the Sea 3D on 4 February 2009 -- below the fold is an interesting interview with the filmmakers along with a teaser for you to enjoy.

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SYDNEY (AFP) – Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders...

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A comb jelly trips the light fantastic as it pulses off Heron Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef complex.

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Four people were riding in a boat off the coast of Volusia County on Thursday when a dolphin jumped out of the water and hit two of them in the chest.

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The Wreck of the Capilano

Captain Samuel Nelson was sleeping fitfully. The smell of wood smoke permeated the air and his lungs were raspy because of it. It was late September, a prime time of year for intense logging on the coast of British Columbia and the slash burning that went along with it.

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A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.

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Wow, the things you can do with PVC pipes.

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Half a century after the atomic blasts that devastated Bikini Atoll, vast expanses of corals in the area seem to be flourishing once again, much to the surprise of scientists.

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Half of U.S. coral reefs are in poor or fair condition, threatened by climate change and human activities like sports fishing, shipping and the release of untreated sewage, a U.S. government report said on Monday.

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Wolf-Eel: "The Ugly Old Man of the Sea"

A few years back I attended a local showing of the Hollywood blockbuster, "Lord of the Rings". Frequently, the heroes of the film were attacked by masses of hideous, howling and slathering "Orcs".

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Local Diving Legend John Rawlings Joins Newsvine

There are few people who I would consider a "legend" in any capacity. As many of you know I have been an avid scuba diver for some time, and am now a technical rebreather diver.

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The Walls of Quadra Island

"Are you guys ready?" the gruff voice shouted over the engines, "you need to go when I say go!" Glancing toward my right I could see my burly friend, Earl Lowe, hanging on to the wheel with one hand while he peered at his watch on his other wrist, his bushy beard slightly …

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Land of the Clouds

Approximately 10,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, vast glaciers molded and shaped the contours of what is now North America.

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Deep Intelligence - the Giant Pacific Octopus

From out of the corner of my eye, I watched as my dive buddy, Jerome Ryan, glided slowly downward into the deep emerald-green gloom that is Puget Sound, sun beams dancing down from the surface glistening on the back of his tanks.

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Three robofish, each 20 inches long and weighing just over six pounds, have been equipped with acoustic transmitters to communicate wirelessly with each other while underwater.

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