Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling debate among scientists. A new study identifies the cause as the long ...

WASHINGTON — Two baby Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, following more than six months of rehabilitation with the National Aquarium’s Animal ...

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a front flipper, has been released from a Florida animal hospital back into the Atlantic Ocean.

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida ...

Great white shark deep in the ocean. Image via Depositphotos. The grand spectacle of the Atlantic’s largest great white shark is truly awe-inspiring. Stretching over 20 feet in length and weighing ...

Blooms of of smelly, toxic seaweed shattered records in May, growing to over 37 million tons and inundating beaches. If it’s not bad enough already, the amount of seaweed is expected to grow … ...

Three people have been rescued from the Atlantic Ocean in the dark after their plane went down several miles offshore off the coast of Florida, officials said. Officials from Air and Marine ...

Another 2.6% of the ocean saw a 100-meter (328-foot) decrease in photic zone depth. Though the researchers can't yet say what caused the relatively rapid loss of light, a few phenomena look suspect.