As part of the nation's massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled abroad – where many had their first encounters with the marine predators.

A comparison of shark scales from a Panamanian coral reef 7,000 years ago to those today show shark populations have declined roughly three-fold.

More than 70% of sharks died 19 million years ago—twice as many sharks as during the mass extinction that wiped out three-quarters of all living things.

Tackling bycatch in large-scale fishing can make our seafood habit more sustainable

By measuring how and when elephant seals sleep, researchers were able to figure out how elephant seals change their risk-taking behavior as they gain weight.

As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, fragments are making their way into fish and shellfish – and potentially into humans.

A high seas treaty could help rebuild populations – but time is running out.

This is the first study to link human activity with a change in whale sharks’ life stages.