Sea otters might just be the cutest, most cuddling little critters on the planet. To see a sea otter demonstrate its ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

With their adorable smiles and cheeky disposition, Australia’s super cute quokkas are known as the ‘happiest animal in the world’. Early Dutch explorers mistook these sweet little marsupials for ...

Giant tubeworms were discovered in a shallow subsurface cavity below deep-sea hydrothermal vents, using a remotely operated vehicle to chisel under rock. "Rapid colonization by these animals ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

Sneak peek at San Diego community events street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, community meetings ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

From ancient myths of sea monsters lurking below to Jules Verne's classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the ocean ...

Why wait in line for a far-off glimpse of pandas when you can snuggle with cows, stretch with goats or sip tea with kittens?

"To our knowledge, it is the first time that animal life has been discovered in the ocean crust," marine biologist Sabine Gollner of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research said.

From a ballet of white-tip reef sharks to a cardinal fish releasing freshly hatched babies from its mouth, these underwater ...