Pollutants invade remotest place on earth; Mariana Trench highly contaminated

Shrimplike crustaceans in Mariana and Kermadec trenches are contaminated with 50 times more toxic chemicals than crabs that survive in heavily …

FAO chief wants effective implementation of treaty to combat illegal fishing

Each year, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is responsible for annual catches of up to 26 million tonnes with a value of up to $ US 23 …

We've been wrong about the origins of life for 90 years

New research suggests the "primordial soup" theory can't explain how living cells evolved to harness energy

Cigarette butts cause heavy metals to enter food chain, says study

Almost 4.95 trillion cigarette butts are littered annually and many of these find their way into the ocean

Heat content in oceans doubled in 10 years, finds study

Earth’s oceans have absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from global warming

Google’s new catch

Internet>> Satellite Imagery ÔÇó Persian Gulf

Russian body confirms N-dumping

The Soviet Union -- and now Russia -- has dumped large quantities of radioactive waste into the sea, according to the report of a commission set …

Threat to fishing

CLEAN-UP OPERATION

OIL SLICK

DIRTY WATER

Marine medicine

A messy little marine pest can protect us from cancer, claim US scientists

Cleaning the seas

Fast invader

How should Andaman & Nicobar tackle the African giant snail?

One-sixth of European mammals facing extinction , says IUCN

Algal bloom kills birds

Overfished

Bycatch fish species face threat from trawlers

Dying oceans

Oxygen-deprived zones in oceans across the world have emerged as a huge threat to marine ecosystems

Mining at deep sea

Countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. The deposits on the ocean floor are enormous and the ecology of this …

Courting controversy

Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

In troubled waters

After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep …

Hurricane happy

Krill kill

Seas around the Antarctic are losing krill -- a crucial part of the marine and terrestrial food chain

At snail's pace

Exotic species bring slow death to native ones