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The brown streaks in the water, near the coastal city of Gladstone, Australia, are a bloom of <em>Trichodesmium</em> cyanobateria.
science

A Sea Scum Bloom Off Australia Can Be Seen From Space

The massive strands of microbes are actually a vital part of the global nitrogen cycle.
Kelsey Kennedy October 9, 2017
Dungeness crabs are popular among commercial and recreational fishers in Oregon. About 8.3 million pounds were harvested in 2014–15.
science

The Ocean's Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Are Getting Worse, Just Like Wildfires

So scientists are starting to track them that way.
Kelsey Kennedy October 6, 2017
The blue hole.
sinkhole

Found: A Vivid Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef

Look what Google Maps can reveal.
Sarah Laskow September 27, 2017
The newly described hermit crabs, with and without their coral homes.
science

The Hermit Crab With the Cool, Modern, Expandable Home

No shell-swapping for this newly described species—their coral homes grow with them.
Natasha Frost September 21, 2017
animals

The Mysterious Connection Between Solar Storms and Stranded Whales

Could cosmic events be leading sperm whales to their deaths?
Sarah Laskow September 8, 2017
Permanently Closed
Isle of Shoals Humpbacks
Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Isle of Shoals Humpbacks

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.
Forks, Washington

John's Beachcombing Museum

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
aquariums

A Rare Yellow Lobster Joins a Boston Aquarium's Lobster Rainbow

Many genetic mutations, together in one place.
Kelsey Kennedy September 1, 2017
Permanently Closed
The dome in the bay
Suminoe-ku, Japan

Osaka Maritime Museum

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”
Yikes.
animals

Mystery Beach Creature Is Just a Delightfully Freakish Clump of Barnacles

Goose barnacles only look like aliens.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2017
William Beebe in the bathysphere.
exploration

The Hollow Steel Ball That Changed Ocean Exploration Forever

In the 1930s, the bathysphere propelled scientists deeper into the sea than they had ever been before.
Lida Tunesi August 16, 2017
science

Mystery 'Metal Starfish' Found Off Rhode Island Coast

Answers will come soon enough.
Erik Shilling August 14, 2017
beaches

Massive Pipes Have Washed Up on English Beaches

Until they're towed away, they're a hazard to life and limb.
Erik Shilling August 14, 2017
The brightly colored salt ponds seen from above.
astronomy

The Earth’s Wildest Reactions to High Tides

You can thank the moon's gravitational pull for these nine extraordinary sights.
Meg Neal August 10, 2017
The Afsluitdijk.
Breezanddijk, Netherlands

Afsluitdijk

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.
FLIP in action.
science

This Ship Is Not Sinking—It's Flipping for Science

FLIP sits up to provide a stable, quiet research platform.
Kelsey Kennedy August 8, 2017
Today, this trapdoor spider is only found on a small island off the southern coast of Australia—but it undertook a long journey to get there.
science

These Australian Spiders Crossed an Ocean on a Land Raft

Don't worry, their seafaring days are over.
Kelsey Kennedy August 3, 2017
RMS <em>Lusitania</em>.
ships

Another Piece of Lusitania Has Been Rediscovered and Raised

The ill-fated ship's engine order telegraph was found, then lost, then found.
Kelsey Kennedy July 31, 2017