Sailor missing for 2 weeks found alive in life raft off Washington coast
The man was found two days after the search for him and another sailor was suspended.
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The man was found two days after the search for him and another sailor was suspended.
The wreckage was found in the spring of 2023, according to a news release, but it wasn't until earlier this week that it could be identified as the HMS Thistle.
Hurricane Lee is churning northward, whipping up rough seas in the Atlantic as watches and warnings are issued for parts of New England and Canada.
This year's marine heat waves and spiking ocean temperatures foretell big changes in the future for some of the largest fish in the sea, such as sharks, tunas and swordfish.
A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
An underwater robot prototype might eventually help pluck important metals from the ocean floor.
The water off South Florida has literally become as warm as a hot tub as researchers are discovering dying coral reefs.
Many shipwrecks are "highly threatened by illegal salvage," the Maritime Administration said in a notice.
Only a few dozen North Atlantic Right Whales are able to actively reproduce, as many of the animals continue to be found dead or seriously injured – many of them babies and females.
The floating jellyfish-like blobs with stinging tentacles have been described as "beautiful and wicked."
Researchers say the declining sargassum blob is "good news" for Florida residents, who for months have seen their beaches inundated with the stinky seaweed.
A robot fish named Belle could be the "spy on the marine life" that researchers have been looking for.
Video of the captain's latest encounters shows orcas "biting off both rudders" of his yacht, with one of the whales seen swimming around with a piece of the rudder in its mouth.
Scientists set world records for the deepest fish ever recorded on video, as well as the deepest catch, while exploring trenches off Japan.
Engineering faculty at the University of California Los Angeles say they have developed a technique that can remove carbon dioxide from seawater and produce green hydrogen, a clean fuel, in the process.
Climate scientists estimate the warm weather pattern could begin to develop as early as May.
Sea level rise seen along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts over the last decade are "unprecedented in at least 120 years," scientists found.
A plan was announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale, to her home waters in Washington's Puget Sound.
Harassing marine mammals is a violation of the federal Marine Mammal Act, and could result in up to $11,000 in fines and/or a year in prison.
The organization behind the study said it highlights "the need for legally binding agreements" to hold companies to account "for the entire life of the things they make."
The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established concept.
The company says it's on a mission to #FindTheKetchupBoatGuy to give Elvis Francois a new boat complete with navigational technology to "avoid another disaster in the future."
The footage is in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Titanic."
Nine dead whales have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in recent months. Some are blaming offshore wind energy sites, but federal officials are pushing back.
Researchers found multiple types of fishing nets, plastic bags and other debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale.
