The orange-clubbed sea slug is "a small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore. They are ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos ...

Tiny animals like oysters, mussels, zooplankton, and insect larvae filter debris and algae to keep lakes, rivers, and seas clear.

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

A stranded octopus gets a helping hand back to the ocean and takes the time to "high five" the rescuer. What really happened?

It's peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by ...

Donations and grants help offset the costs. Divers enlist in battle against harmful creatures taking over vast ocean area: ...

2025 was an incredible travel year, but for some reason, it also felt underwhelming to the core activities I truly love: ...

From seaweed-driven dishes to Séka Hills olive oils, Indigenous chefs and growers are redefining how California eats. We checked in with a chef at the heart of the movement, Monterey Bay’s Christina ...

Chloe Barrett selects her books of the year, from a tender, beautiful story about beating the odds to one that exposes what ...