A team of scientists has created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

People walk along a dirt road into the marsh in Ocean City’s south end. A plan to fix it up last year got delayed after ...

First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...

When the natural environment is stretched beyond its ability to meet basic human needs for food, clean air, drinkable water and shelter, it is not just a humanitarian concern for the world community.

The St. Augustine area was claimed by the Spanish crown in the early 16th century after explorer Juan Ponce de Leon's arrival ...

Among the haul was a 1-foot-long ocean predator with “bright” eyes. It turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers visited several fish landing sites and ports in the neighboring states of ...

From a distance, they look like tiny white dots floating on the sea. But get closer, and you’ll see people sitting on ...

While they continue to monitor and assess the validity of the claims, the U.S. Game and Fish Commission declared the ivory-billed ... a volcanic archipelago in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This species ...

The Trump administration is on a collision course with the courts after a week spent taunting a federal judge and escalating a battle over whether his orders have been defied. Administration ...