Oceans

The whales were not previously known to engage in same-sex copulation.
Thalassophobia exists for a reason.
Scientists monitored the "octopus garden" for three years before spotting "clear advantages" to sitting at the site off the California coast.
"We don't really expect to see these white sharks staying together, but Simon and Jekyll — they seem to be buddies."
A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.
The system, part of the "global conveyor belt," could slow down or stop completely by mid-century, a new study finds.
Ocean water is often touted as a cure-all for skin problems like acne, eczema and even wound-healing.
Florida authorities say the father-daughter pair got caught in a current that “had become too strong.”
“Historically we tell ourselves that the deep sea doesn’t matter," the chief scientist on the project said. "But it’s not just this other dimension.”
The principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt discussed his journey to the Titanic's wreckage this summer.