Each year, gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) complete one of the most impressive journeys in the animal kingdom. They ...

The whales are now headed north. In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which ...

Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the ...

Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive ... Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, emerged eight million years ...

By Carolyn Cowan Unprecedented numbers of emaciated dugongs have washed up dead along Thailand’s Andaman Sea coast over the past three years, prompting marine scientists to urgently investigate what’s ...

NBC Bay Area's SkyRanger helicopter captured several dolphins gliding through the sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning. The helicopter found the twirling pod of dolphins while ...

at 9:19 a.m. PDT. The last time humans returned from space to the Pacific Ocean was during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission with three NASA astronauts. SpaceX plans to move its recovery operations ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

The Americas explores the life and death of the giant Pacific octopus. If you know where and how to look, you can find the ...

When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food— ...