Despite being overlooked down at the South Pole, Antarctica actually plays a large role in our world and you would notice if ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

The Galápagos Islands are famous worldwide for their one-of-a-kind plants and animals. If you’re lucky enough to explore the ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

While it might be fun to think about petting a sea lion, it's important to keep your distance if you see one in the wild and ...

The neurotoxin domoic acid has been detected in an algae bloom off the coast for the fourth year in a row, and this one is ...

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...

Whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals are washing up dead along the California coastline. A team from the National ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

A harmful algal bloom off the Southern California coast continues to sicken and kill marine life, with at least seven ...

An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and staining the ...