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Marine Life

In the 2021 Ocean Olympics, These Marine Animals Take Gold

Meet the fastest, strongest, and most enduring animals in the ocean.

WATCH: Friendly Dolphin Puts on Show for Lucky Divers

The young dolphin spent an entire dive dazzling divers in the Bahamas.

For The Love Of Sharks: What I Learned During a Week at ‘Shark School’

During a six-day shark Field School in Miami, learning how to perform a shark biopsy and draw its blood (for science) turns this diver into a stronger ocean advocate.

Snorkeling with Baja’s Mobula Rays

Mobula ray populations are declining worldwide. Here’s how to leverage your tourist dollars and join a citizen science expedition to help save the rays.

Scuba Diving Lizards Use Rebreather-Like Bubble to Breathe Underwater

The lizards, which are several species of anoles, have evolved to breathe underwater by recirculating air into a bubble that clings to their snouts for minutes at a time.

Lobster Diver Gets Temporarily Trapped in a Whale’s Mouth

New England lobster hunter Michael Packard accidentally got trapped in the mouth of a feeding humpback on a routine dive. He was released from the hospital that afternoon.

The Last Ocean: Saving the Ross Sea

Over just a few decades, climate change has transformed the very fundamentals of Antarctica's environment. We must find the will to save the Ross Sea.

Real Life Mermaids or Manatees and Dugongs?

How to tell the difference between a manatee and a dugong and where to dive with these underwater creatures.

Sea Sponges Have to Shed Body Parts to Move, Scientists Say

Arctic researchers documented lines of sponge skeleton along deep sea rocks, tracing sponge tracks.