The ocean is a symbol of stability. It is both powerful and comforting. Nature names, especially those that are “calm, soothing names with positive meanings,” are becoming more common says baby-naming ...

Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four oceans. Until now. National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent ...

Life at the bottom of the ocean is extreme. It's pitch black, the temperature hovers right above freezing and the pressure is immense. Although many species have evolved to survive and thrive at these ...

Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark. To trace the invisible routes that more than 100 migratory marine species ...

Memorial University of Newfoundland provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Memorial University of Newfoundland provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Marine ...

More than 80 percent of the world’s oceans are currently unmapped, but a $7 million prize pool to explore the deep sea hopes to change that. The Ocean Discovery XPrize was today awarded to teams using ...