When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks ...

In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California ...

With their pointy spines, sea urchins are not warm and fuzzy marine animals that people want to snuggle up to. While they are ...

Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam.

A stranded octopus gets a helping hand back to the ocean and takes the time to "high five" the rescuer. What really happened?

A restoration project is placing four million oysters in the North Sea building Europe's largest restored reef off the ...

The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time ...

The Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains formed millions of years ago. Within both of them lies a fascinating world of rocks, gemstones, crystals and minerals. Here's how to start identifying them.

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.