Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.

One reason the Bermuda Triangle has scared people for generations is the seaweed. And thanks to eutrophication and other human causes, that Sargassum seaweed is starting to travel the world. Here's how we're accidentally making more of...

From Ancient Greece to the 20th century, Aristotle, Freud, and numerous other scholars were all looking for the same thing: eel testicles. Freshwater eels could be found in rivers across Europe, but no one had ever seen them mate and no...

Kristina Gjerde studies the law of the high seas -- the 64 percent of our ocean that isn't protected by any national law at all. Gorgeous photos show the hidden worlds that Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect from trawling...

The European eel is a mysterious fish. They live for years without any reproductive organs, which made people very confused about where eels came from, all the way back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. And up until recently,...

Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench.<b<br/>r/>

Credit: Deep Sea Research Center, University of Western Australia

Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench.<b<br/>r/>

Credit: Deep Sea Research Center, University of Western Australia

Explore the unique ecology of the Sargasso Sea, its role as a marine nursery, and the challenges posed by plastic pollution through the eyes of a submarine captain.

Explore the unique ecology of the Sargasso Sea, its role as a marine nursery, and the challenges posed by plastic pollution through the eyes of a submarine captain.<br/>

Observations document that the Earth's ocean is warming. As the ocean warms, it will also expand in volume, causing sea level to rise. This rise is in addition to the sea level rise that results from water added from melting ice and snow...

New research from the University of Miami and Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has found that the European eel at a certain stage of development use an internal magnetic compass to remember the magnetic direction of tidal waves as...