When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime ...

The Army wants a platoon of prototypes very quickly to prove out its lighter-weight hybrid-electric Abrams tank concept.

New research has unraveled the mystery of how microscopic cilia coordinate to move and propel marine creatures through water.

Organisations, tourism operators, locals and tourists must all work together to help safeguard underwater ecosystems.

These types of changes are "going to affect us, because we rely on the ocean for our air, our food, our climate regulation.” ...

Hunting Island State Park is a prime spot for birdwatching. According to the Carolina Bird Club, the best spot to find egrets ...

Park rangers who patrol Illescas National Reserve often confront fishers who use chinchorros, a type of fishing net that is banned in Peru. The reserve is designated solely as a terrestrial protected ...

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced microscopy, they discovered spores preserved in situ—a rare find that links ...

In 2013, scientists noticed a block of unusually warm water detected in the Pacific Ocean between the Gulf of Alaska and the Coast of Southern California. This was recognized by meteorologists as a ...

Focusing on the regeneration of food resources, Nereid was conceived to encourage the growth of phytoplankton and filter-feeding shellfish, which form the foundation of the marine ecosystem's food ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has named Mark Gold as the new director of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, the renowned ...