We study ocean habitats and strategies for conserving ocean life. In analyzing marine protected areas, we’ve concluded that simply designating protected zones is not enough. To be effective, these ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick rejected a scientifically vetted regulation to help protect Atlantic cod Wednesday, citing ...

Climate-driven environmental changes could drastically affect the distribution of more than 1,000 species of commercial fish ...

Roger Jenkins has grown up eating and fishing salmon. Now, as a retiree, he refuses to fish this species of special concern. In this federal election, he’s looking for a political party that ...

Regulations for Virginia’s coastal, migratory striped bass stock are managed by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have revealed how climate change might influence the bacterial communities living in ...

It's called Alicella gigantea, and it's the largest known species of amphipod, a shrimp-like species that is usually less ...

Schmidt Ocean Institute video screengrab A bizarre South Atlantic fish wearing what appeared to ... expedition expects to find undiscovered species in a largely “underexplored” region, the ...

Smaller shark species contribute more attacks to the Atlantic Ocean tally. Currents in the Atlantic Ocean, like the Gulf Stream, can push warmer water closer to shore—with bait fish. These bait ...

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...