Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

Scripps Oceanography researchers helped transport the newly found oarfish to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

For the second time this year, a deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a rare chance to ...

Also known as “doomsday fish,” oarfish occupy a hallowed place in the museum of marine oddities: They can grow to dozens of ...

The finds give scientists a chance to study the species without plumbing the depths of the ocean. Last week, Alison ...

Two dead oarfish have washed ashore in Southern California waters in the last few months. One was spotted in August and the ...

A recently published study in Science challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth ...

Study Reveals Acceleration in Pacific Upper-Ocean Circulation Over Past 30 Years, Impacting Global Weather Patterns Oct. 31, 2024 — A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper ...

Circular ocean currents, called “eddies,” play an important role in supplying nutrients for marine life and can stimulate ...

The study of the oceans and ecology of marine organisms in the geologic past, largely through the marine sedimentary record. The Human Ecology Laboratory groups together students and researchers to ...

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical ...

A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography demonstrates, for the first time, how scientists can use computer ...