Then-Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) arranged the event after Long Island officials and local environmental activists complained ...

After the treaty was adopted last year by the United Nations, more than 100 countries have signified their intent to ratify ...

Researchers were baffled by a bioluminescent mollusk that lives in the deep ocean. They just discovered it's a new species of ...

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...

As Biography highlights, the mysterious final flight of Amelia Earhart first captured the world’s imagination in 1937.

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Thousands of ships loaded with oil were sunk during the fierce sea battles of the Second World War. That means they’ve been ...

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

Deep-sea microbes consume alkanes, reducing oceanic and atmospheric pollution, and a new study reveals they utilize a unique ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s surface washed ashore a beach in Southern California, making it the second one to appear in just a few months. Now, researchers are trying to figure ...

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

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