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

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat for much longer periods of the year, rather than being limited to the ...

Shelter dogs listening to live music ...

A three-foot-long Antarctic gonate squid was spotted swimming 7,000 feet below the surface of the Southern Ocean ...

After a woman was bit by a shark at Jones Beach on Long Island last weekend, state officials have raised the alarm about ...

Researchers focused on the Salish Sea have made an intriguing discovery about Orcas. These whales, which have continually ...

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 ...

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 ...