Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers ...

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Visitors to the La Jolla/Riford Library over the next 2½ months can be transported into the wonders of the ocean with the return of an annual exhibit. “Life in the Ocean,” now in its fifth year, ...

Many people think of the ocean as a quiet and serene place: Take a dip underwater and the cacophony of the world melts away. But the ocean is quite noisy, full of whale songs and echolocation, which ...

When photographer Suliman Alatiqi heard about Thai macaques — a type of Old World monkey — that swim underwater to catch crabs, he set about documenting their action. Their underwater foraging is not ...

You spend enough time on land. For your next vacation, consider heading under the sea. Swap your shoes for fins and clothes for swimsuits, then embark on an aquatic escapade. Here are eight options, ...

Researchers have found that aquanauts—people who live and work underwater—experience a powerful mental shift similar to astronauts seeing Earth from space. This 'underview effect' deepens their sense ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Avery Paxton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (THE CONVERSATION) ...