For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

It is unclear what these structures are. If they were anywhere else, they could be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk ...

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

Analysis of the sediment in Belize’s Great Blue Hole shows a concerning trend. Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Here’s what they found in its shadow Nearly 50 field trials have taken ... Everybody is on the bandwagon, everybody wants to do something,” said Adina Paytan, who teaches earth and ocean science at ...