Ocean

Wreck of Japan's WWII 'Hellship' carrying Allied POWs found off Philippine coast after 80 years

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown program.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The wreck of the Japanese “Hellship” transport Hōfuku Maru, July 3, 2026.
The submarine USS Herring (SS-233) passes Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on October 12, 1943.

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

Herring and her 83 crew were presumed lost after failing to report to Midway on July 13, 1944. She was stricken from the Navy Register four months later.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist looks at a turtle at a coast in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, August 12, 2002; file photo.

Famed Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil dies of injuries sustained from Israeli strike

Khalil’s home was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 4, where she was seriously injured. Her assistant also suffered injuries and burns in the strike. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A lifeguard and a NSW Police boat patrol Coogee Beach following a shark attack in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026.

Sydney reopens Coogee Beach under heavy patrols after woman critically injured in shark attack

Saturday's attack was the latest in a series of shark encounters off Australian beaches. The week before, a man died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off ​the coast of Western Australia.

|ByREUTERS

Climate change has significantly changed the color of the ocean - study

The researchers are still unsure how marine ecosystems are changing to reflect the color changes.

JULY 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the colors created by a large bloom of phytoplankton off the coast of Russia’s Kola Peninsula on July 14.

Number of drowning deaths in 2023 almost matching 2022's numbers

26 people died in the last swimming season. However, the Knesset revealed that this season, 21 people have died from drowning so far this season. Are 'unofficial' beaches to blame?

JULY 18, 2023ByWALLA!
The site of a 13-year-old's drowning.

Australian man and dog recovered after spending months lost at sea

The pair survived on raw fish and rain water after they were stranded a mid a nearly 6,000 kilometer journey from Mexico to French Polynesia.

JULY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke from hazard reduction burns of bushland around the city of Sydney can be seen in the sky above a sailing boat in Australia, May 29, 2018.

Megalodons were slow-swimming, warm-blooded predators – study

The placoid scales are not seen on speedier shark species, as those species have scales with spaced ridges. 

JULY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An artistic illustration of the megalodon shark, one of the largest sharks to ever lurk in Earth's oceans.

Shark Awareness Day: One-third of sharks and rays at risk of extinction

BioDB CEO says shark and ray species are threatened in Israel’s Mediterranean Sea.

JULY 13, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Whale Shark and a diver.

Socotra: Exploring the mysterious island echoing the biblical story of Cain and Abel

Discover the mesmerizing landscapes and legendary Dragon's Blood Tree on the remote archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean

JUNE 25, 2023ByWALLA!
ONE TREE gives us full knowledge, the other gives us immortality.

Family of Titan victim outraged by submarine-themed ball at his college

The family of Hamish Harding, one of the passengers who perished on the Titan submersible, criticized his alma mater for throwing an underwater themed ball with submarine decorations.

JUNE 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph.

What did the final moments of the Titan sub crew look like?

Debris from the Titan submersible indicates that a catastrophic implosion destroyed the sub and instantly killed the five passengers onboard.

JUNE 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph

Titan sub pieces found in debris field on ocean floor, passengers believed dead

OceanGate believes that the passengers on the Titan submersible have "sadly been lost" in a statement cited by CNN.

JUNE 22, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph.

British WWII submarine discovered in Aegean Sea

The "HMS Triumph" was used for missions that included landing agents from the British Special Operations Executive and MI9 organizations.

JUNE 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Triumph (16) underway off Subic Bay, Philippines, during exercises, 8 March 1950.