Marine protected areas are designed to safeguard parts of the ocean from human impacts, including offshore oil and gas ...

The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish ...

For the first time, a camera about 50 feet away recorded a group of orcas closing in on a solitary prickly shark in deep ...

Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California’s Channel Islands as fish and sea lions weave through the golden ...

All of California was swept up in Humphrey fever when the wayward humpback whale found himself stuck twice in the Bay Area.

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we've been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco ... the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived.