Microsoft’s underwater Northern Isles data center has risen again from the ocean depth, the company announced on…

The waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula are warming rapidly, yet we know very little about how this is…

A long time ago, in a place that feels far, far away—three months ago in a public movie theater—Fox released a…

Some species are named after beloved teen activists or Lady Gaga. Others are named after plastic. Before science…

Humans who find themselves living beneath the ocean in sci-fi movies might as well be living in space. Many of the…

Disbelief and disappointment are some of the more PG-rated reactions coming from the ocean conservation community on…

If sharks and sunburns don’t scare you at the beach, perhaps this will: According to preliminary research out this…

Our world is getting wavier—and not in a good way.

On New Year’s Day, 1995, an instrument off the coast of Norway measured a rogue wave 84 feet high. Now, scientists…

Ten hut, Gizmodo readers! Do you have a New Year’s Resolution you should be working on? Do not answer that…

In the future, cyborg birds may help monitor ocean currents and help ground-truth satellite data. It may sound like…

Sometimes science is all about being in the right place at the right time. Such was the case with the “fortuitous”…

North Atlantic right whales are living the plot of a science fiction story: They are not having any babies. With the…

Shortfin mako sharks may be the fastest-swimming shark in the ocean, with top speeds of over 45 miles per hour.…

The year 2020 is rapidly approaching, and with it comes a deadline for ocean protection.

Straws are becoming controversial. Long overlooked as a waste source, perhaps because of the way they defy…

Slow waves meander westward out in the deep ocean south of Australia. Sometimes they carry with them carry large…

Scientists aboard the ocean-exploring ship the E/V Nautilus have been prowling the ocean for wonders since 2008,…

Okay, so technically they’re not GIFs, but “cinemagraphs,” short, seamlessly repeating videos. Either way, these…

If there’s one thing on Earth we don’t know enough about, it’s the ocean. We’ve only mapped around five percent of…