Marine

A Portland State University marine biologist has received nearly $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate one of...

Deep in the world’s oceans, male sperm whales may be broadcasting one of the most powerful and unusual communication signals...

For male humpback whales, singing is not merely a spectacular display heard across tropical breeding grounds. It is an energetically...

Carbon moving through rivers and streams may look like a continuous journey from land to ocean, but a new synthesis...

For decades, oceanographers have treated the Agulhas Leakage as a crucial salt-delivery system for the Atlantic Ocean. Warm, salty water...

Risso’s dolphins living around the British Isles appear to form a genetically distinct population, according to a new study that...

A 113-Million-Year-Old Ocean Mystery Points to Volcanic CO₂ and Acidification A 113-million-year-old marine extinction may have been caused by a...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Shark fins have long occupied a peculiar place in the global seafood economy: rare enough to...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, have become one of Europe’s most closely watched drinking-water contaminants. Often called...

As marine resource exploration and underwater environmental monitoring expand rapidly, conventional underwater sensors face a critical bottleneck: they typically rely...