In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. There’s something peaceful — meditative, even — about being in the water.

Earth’s oceans hold some of the least explored places on the planet, shaped over millions of years by tectonic forces that ...

Scientists are uncovering evidence of a marine predator that dramatically altered life in the Panthalassic Ocean. Fossils ...

This documentary uncovers ocean organisms that break size records while remaining almost entirely unseen. It explains how ...

The Indian Ocean lies between Africa and Australia. Discover everything about the world’s third largest and warmest ocean, ...

Taam Ja reveals a 274-meter abyss in Chetumal Bay, the second-deepest blue hole on the planet and a mystery hidden beneath ...

During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the ...

Most sea sponges are simple, yet ancient, animals that live in coral reef ecosystems. They feed by passively filtering ocean ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

The Kola Superdeep Borehole was the USSR’s bold attempt to probe Earth’s crust during the Cold War, drilling over 12 km down ...

A mysterious underwater noise recorded in 1997, the “Bloop,” fuelled years of speculation about megalodon and other ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...