The international trade of nearly 100 shark and ray species—including those most commonly used in shark fin soup—can now be regulated after a landmark global vote in Panama.

Rules put forth by the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources aim to address overcrowding and safety concerns that it says are due to the current lack of regulations.

Fun facts about the siphonophore: its size, its species, the longest siphonophore on record and more!

Micro-nekton caught in benthic geography are supporting a food chain in a never-before-seen environs more than 1,600 feet deep.

Peer inside seaweed, seashells, coral reefs, algae and eels with this collection of books about the ocean.

In the wake of Florida reopening its goliath grouper fishery, the co-owner of Pura Vida Divers secured protections for its aggregation sites.

Here’s how many brains and arms octopuses have, how long they live, what octopuses are, and more.

An unexpected encounter on a night dive teaches a young diver why ‘never mess with the marine life’ is a cardinal scuba rule.

Sealife has been known to get sunburnt, but animals have their own ways to avoid skin damage during a life outdoors.