While the NGOs claim bottom trawling in MPAs is a violation of EU law, the practice has only been prohibited by a handful of member states at the national level. In 2024, Greece became the first EU ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.

Tensions flared along the Palk Strait on Monday after the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 12 fishermen from Pamban, Tamil Nadu, and impounded their mechanised trawler for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan ...

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

This ghostly giant is a rare sight. But in November 2021, MBARI researchers spotted this giant phantom jelly (Stygiomedusa ...

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 12 Pamban fishermen for poaching, seizing their trawler amid rising tensions ahead of a local festival.

The western parts of the Antarctic region are among the areas most significantly affected by global climate change.

The stunning Saltwick Bay near Whitby offers fossils, historic shipwrecks including the Admiral Von Tromp, and breathtaking ...

Saltwick Bay is a beautiful and dramatic stretch of sand just a short walk from Whitby and is steeped in history with fossils, shipwrecks and unrivalled sunrises ...

Off the coast of Argentina, the deep ocean is revealing secrets that could change everything we know about marine ecosystems. Recent discoveries have uncovered vast, uncharted coral reefs and species ...

As countries commit to bans on bottom trawling, an island community in Cambodia is implementing its own method: dropping large cement blocks in near-shore waters. These not only snag trawling boats’ ...