Oceanic Society

The moment Palau comes into view from the air, the water changes color in front of you. Shades of turquoise shift into deep blue with a clarity you can trace with your eyes, marking the drop-offs and channels long before you ever get in the water. Below, the Rock Islands rise out of the sea in clusters of lime-green, jungle-topped limestone domes scattered across the lagoon l...

Lionfish are beautiful, unusual creatures, and if you’re snorkeling in the Indo-Pacific, spotting one is a thrill. In the Caribbean, though, you’ll see them far more than you’d like.

That’s because lionfish don’t belong there. In their native waters, they evolved alongside predators like grouper, snapper, eels, and sharks that learned to hunt past their venomous spines...

For five consecutive years, the Global Ocean Cleanup has brought together coastal communities worldwide to demonstrate that ocean health and community health are inseparable. With generous support from

If you’ve followed the Colorado Avalanche fan community’s growing fascination with humpback whales, you know it all started with forward Parker Kelly. After returning from ...

If Raja Ampat is the crown jewel of the Coral Triangle, Sulawesi is the doorway to it. Shaped like a strange, orchid-petaled starfish and straddling the biogeographic line that Alfred Russel Wallace once used to divide Asian and Australian wildlife, Sulawesi is where marine biodiversity gets serious and terrestrial biodiversity gets weird, in the best possible ways. For trave...