Ocean

Wreck of Japan's WWII 'Hellship' carrying Allied POWs found off Philippine coast after 80 years

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown program.

The wreck of the Japanese “Hellship” transport Hōfuku Maru, July 3, 2026.
The submarine USS Herring (SS-233) passes Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on October 12, 1943.

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist looks at a turtle at a coast in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, August 12, 2002; file photo.

Famed Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil dies of injuries sustained from Israeli strike

A lifeguard and a NSW Police boat patrol Coogee Beach following a shark attack in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026.

Sydney reopens Coogee Beach under heavy patrols after woman critically injured in shark attack


Mysterious 'encounters' keep happening: Norwegian sail boat severely damaged by orcas off the coast

Researchers prefer to speak of encounters and interactions rather than attacks and assume that the orcas do not act with aggressive intent.

 Orca killer whale (Orcinus orca) spotted at whale watching outside Skjervøy, Tromsø, Norway. Illustration.

Orca Tahlequah mourns loss of second calf, carries dead offspring again

Due to food scarcity, up to 69% of Southern Resident killer whale pregnancies do not result in viable calves.

 An Orca family swimming. Illustration.

A killer on the loose? 44 dead seals found since October still baffle German authorities

Preliminary investigations have ruled out natural causes of death for the seals.

 44 dead seals found since October still baffle German authorities.

The loneliest journey: Humpback whale goes on 8,106 miles journey to find new breeding grounds

The male whale may be increasing its reproductive chances by mingling with other populations.

 In August 2022, a male humpback whale astonished marine scientists by appearing off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania.

5 miles below the ocean surface, there's an eyeless predator. Researchers named it 'Darkness'

The discovery marks the first known active large predator of its kind in one of the deepest oceanic zones.

 Ducibella camanchacais.

Researchers imaging an ice-free Arctic, and it may happen much sooner than we thought

Researchers conducted over 300 computer simulations to project when this first ice-free day might occur.

 What happens in an ice-free Arctic.

With salmon hats, Orca fashion goes back to the 1980s

Photograph of orca J27 Blackberry with salmon on head marks first sighting of behavior in nearly 40 years.

 The latest in orca fashion.

Unique images shows orcas hunting, killing 18-meter-long giant whale shark using vicious technique

Researchers document coordinated attacks targeting sharks' pelvic area to access nutrient-rich organs.

 Killer whales underwater.

In the 1960s, the ocean ‘quacked’. Scientists are close to finding out why

The researchers used an acoustic antenna, a group of hydrophones towed behind a ship, to detect and record ocean sounds from all directions.

 Why did the ocean quack?

In stunning footage, octopus shoots stones at predatory fish. Watch video

The behavior was so quick that the filmmakers had to play back the footage in slow motion to capture the shots of the octopus firing projectiles.

 A shooting octopus.