Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

As deep-sea mining interests in the Pacific Ocean grow, scientists have discovered several rare and as yet unnamed aquatic ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge gave the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three years to assess the effects of five pesticides ...

The U.S. Air Force issued a notice this month proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Atoll to test the ...

Satellite tag technology has facilitated observations of the movement patterns of large fish in waters around Taiwan, the ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

Animals are finely adapted to their native habitats, but when they are introduced to other ecosystems, they can become ...

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

Our new city slickers have yellow eyes, long furry snouts and pointy ears that stand up. And boy, are they clever.

Sunglasses can make or break your success on the water. Without the right pair of glasses, you may not be able to get the ...

One writer visits Anantara Mai Khao Villas in Phuket, Thailand to experience 'The White Lotus' lifestyle for herself - minus the murders.