The cold water upwell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are ...

In 2019, researchers found a tiny pink fish with big eyes swimming close to the seafloor near Monterey Canyon.

The ocean is one of Earth's greatest mysteries, with miles of unexplored terrain that scientists are still trying to uncover.

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute team first spotted the "mystery mollusc" in 2000, about 8,500 feet below the surface. Over the next 20 years, they carefully documented more than 100 of ...

Researchers have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish off the coast of California, including the bumpy ...

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Descendants of the island’s former inhabitants struggle to balance environmental conservation with sustaining their community ...

Sick sea stars are lethargic, lose their arms and disintegrate into gooey masses. More than 90% of sunflower sea stars were ...

When the Palisades fire raged and winds whipped ash and debris into the Pacific Ocean, scientists with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration — already out in boats doing water-quality ...

The Pacific barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) is one of the ocean’s most extraordinary inhabitants, earning its place ...