Whale songs can travel thousands of miles through the ocean.

Rubber ducks accidentally became global ocean research tools when 29,000 of them spilled into the Pacific in 1992.

Fact #5738 · Ocean

Some fish can tolerate extremely salty environments.

Fact #881 · Ocean

Surfer Garrett McNamara rode a 78-foot wave off Nazaré, Portugal, in 2011 — a record at the time.

Fact #4466 · Ocean

The mimic octopus can imitate other sea creatures.

Fact #355 · Ocean

Noise pollution from ships disrupts whale communication over entire ocean basins.

Fact #5219 · Ocean

The Marianas Trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean and is about 11 km at its deepest point.

Fact #4786 · Ocean

The leafy sea dragon is so well camouflaged it was not studied alive until the 1990s.

Fact #5135 · Ocean

The ocean contains structures larger than mountain ranges.

Fact #2089 · Ocean