Greenland sharks live for centuries with slow heartbeats and metabolism. Scientists study their longevity secrets.

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Puffins may look clumsy on land, but they’re excellent swimmers in the water. Their wings are adapted to swim underwater, ...

"One of the key messages of this three-part series is how we treat our oceans and its creatures - the documentary looks at everything from toxicity in whales from human activity in the ocean to ...

Climate change jeopardizes endangered species’ habitats. Potentially jeopardizing them further is a federal proposal around habitat loss.

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper and snapper.

Models that predict an imminent collapse tend to assume AMOC is fairly strong at the moment, extending to great depths within the ocean and forcing warm surface water deep into the sea.

Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...

For some reason, I feel compelled to write about heat this week, possibly due to its being unseasonably torrid, hotter than a witch’s … wait, that doesn’t work, does it? Admittedly it’s officially ...

A 9-year-old Florida girl snorkeling in 4-foot-deep waters off a Boca Grande beach was attacked by a shark on June 11.

Piping plovers are also probably the best known of the federally endangered or threatened animal and plant species in Connecticut. There are others.

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...