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What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...

Journey into the depths of California's kelp forests, the towering underwater ecosystems facing the challenges of climate change.

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...