While this sighting is unusual and exciting, it also serves as a reminder that our oceans are rapidly changing and we need to adapt to these changes.

Canada has more lakes than any other country, and nearly every one has been exposed to wildfire smoke

A Scottish team of researchers analysed a tooth to work out its age.

Limiting bottom trawling for deep-water shrimp off Libya’s coast could help rebuild ecosystems on which local fishers rely

Bottom trawling could be a make or break policy when it comes time to form the next government.

While this sighting is unusual and exciting, it also serves as a reminder that our oceans are rapidly changing and we need to adapt to these changes.

Campaigner criticises Canada's fisheries minister after lobster fishery proposal rejection and House petition row.

The southern elephant seal has been spotted around Rio de Janeiro at famous beaches like São Conrado, Leme, and Copacabana.

Shorebirds undertake some of the world’s most impressive migrations — but as sea levels rise, the habitats that they depend on are expected to shrink.

Scientists welcome new money but remain cautious about weakening environmental protections

Changes in marine conditions linked to climate change or El Nino could be to blame

Canada’s fisheries minister says France has not issued a new snow crab licence off Newfoundland, despite a surprising promise last month by French President Emmanuel Macron.

A young harp seal that got some special care in Maine after stranding earlier this year has now made a long swim to the Arctic.

Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.

A University of British Columbia researcher says the finding is unusual but no longer unexpected due to warming waters worldwide, including in Canada.

After U.S. Tribes won a hard-fought agreement to restore fish passage around Seattle's dams, First Nations in British Columbia are preparing for the possible return of salmon to waters they've been absent from for more than a century

A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing off New Zealand, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.

Canada's fisheries minister is encouraging France to abandon its plan to launch a snow crab fishery in waters near Newfoundland and the French territory of St-Pierre-Miquelon.

John Evich, a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska, has voted for President Donald Trump three times, viewing him as someone who would fight for his industry.

President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped.

The High Seas Treaty is strengthening global efforts to protect marine biodiversity, tackle climate change and pollution, with insight from Rebecca Hubbard

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $1.2 billion in federal funding for ocean protections Tuesday, as the country moves toward decisions on a new pipeline to the West Coast and the expansion of a maj...

A landmark genetic study reveals Arabian Sea humpback whales as a uniquely isolated lineage, strengthening the case for a new subspecies.

It started with one fisher who wanted to be paid a fair price for his catch.

Ghana’s small-scale fishers spent a decade fighting for their coastal waters, winning an expanded Preferential Access Area. As Europe prepares its Ocean Act, small-scale fishers are demanding…

As EU talks on fisheries funding move forward, fleet investments and sustainability measures aim to balance industry growth with stock recovery. The stakes are high.

A portion of the North Atlantic right whale population, which is estimated to be approximately 384 whales, gathers to feed in the Shediac Valley each summer.

A new peer-reviewed study has found West African nations could benefit from more equitable fishing access agreements.

Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk is accused of throwing a large rock at a seal's head in Maui.

In Alaska, fishing groups say the order could boost salmon and halibut numbers and fund restoration. Critics say it could lead to shark culling.

Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulations

A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, a marine mammal...

The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pie...

A survivor of the shipwreck that inspired the novel Moby Dick had a theory about how a sperm whale could destroy a vessel many times its size – 200 years later, he's been proved right.

Fish crowd along the edges of Lake Erie’s oxygen-starved dead zones, producing big catches that can make populations look healthier than they are.

Daniel Pauly was born in Paris and faced numerous hardships, including being raised in Switzerland without parental love. After fleeing his unconventional childhood, he pursued higher education and re...

Human farts and sneezes can be big — so imagine the size if they came from the world’s biggest animals?

Researchers have discovered the spiny water flea may have existed in North America far longer than previously thought.

YouTube video by UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

YouTube video by UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada crews freed an injured humpback whale that was found entangled in fishing gear off Vancouver Island, with support from American counterparts.

The plan would allow fishers to drag heavy nets across Florida’s ocean floor near the world’s last ivory tree coral reef structures.

Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolphin entered the muddy waters of what is the Indus Basin today...

The seafloor is more than just the ground beneath the sea. Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, which have an average depth of almost 4 kilometers (2.5 miles). For a long time, the seaf...