To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

Far beneath the wavetops, down into the dark ocean depths, a rarely seen crustacean makes its home. It's called Alicella ...

Massive seafloor craters off California are shaped by ancient underwater sediment flows—not methane—revealing a hidden ...

Only a tiny fraction of the deep ocean is explored, leaving 66% of Earth’s surface largely unseen. Researchers urge global, ...

The Pacific region has experienced devastating cyclones, storm surges, coral bleaching, and irregular rainfall patterns. Sea level rise ... Abnormally warm ocean waters can bleach corals, which ...

The sea lions, the clam chowder, the sunny weather and surfers all will be there. But this year, visitors also will notice something different. The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a historic wooden ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

SeaSplat is an image-analysis tool that cuts through the ocean's optical effects to generate images of underwater environments reveal an ocean scene's true colors. Researchers paired the ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific ...

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is ...