The potential impact is enormous. A fully connected “Internet of Animals” could provide real-time updates on ocean conditions, helping scientists respond quickly to environmental threats.

Nearly 1,800 animals from 40 different species swallowed or became entangled in plastic between 2009 and 2018, the report, by ocean conservation group Oceana, found.

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

However, off the coast of northern Chile, the trench plunges to almost 25,246 ft (8,000 m) below the surface— well within the deepest part of the ocean, known as the Hadal zone.

A massive global collaboration has tracked over 12,000 marine animals from whales to turtles to create one of the most detailed movement maps of ocean giants ever assembled. The project, MegaMove ...

These elusive deep-sea creatures have a 3.3-foot-wide (1 meter) bell and four ribbon-like arms that grow up to 33 feet (10 m) long, making them among the largest invertebrate predators in the ocean.