With an underwater drone named Rhody, archaeologists are mapping some of the dozens of sunken vessels in Lake Ontario.

In 2023, biologists Lauren Stefaniak and Marie Nydam had time to kill before their university workshop on marine ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in ...

Since 2022, Jarrett and his intrepid crews have navigated multiple voyages aboard an open, square-rigged clinker boat built ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — There aren’t many times a journalist has the honor and privilege to stay aboard a U.S. Coast Guard ...

The UN Ocean Conference promises to be a rare event at which most of the key players are in the same location and free of the ...

Many historical accounts of the sinking of the RMS Titanic describe the 882.5-foot-long passenger ship as “slipping beneath the ocean waves,” as though the vessel and its passengers drifted ...

Striped bass, black drum, bluefish, and fluke are being caught in the surf, particularly in Ocean County. Fluke fishing is also good in Sandy Hook Bay and the Manasquan River. Bluefish are being ...

It arrives at a time when conservation groups and many marine scientists say the ocean needs more regulation, not less. One oft-cited 2020 study led by a scientist at the University of British ...

Industrial fishing has caused immense damage to ocean life, but given the right protection, the sea has miraculous powers of ...

Carbon emissions trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the planet and causing glaciers and ice sheets to melt while also expanding seawater, causing sea level rise.

California beaches have been the site of some ghastly scenes this year. Dying sea lions, dolphins, seagulls, pelicans and even a minke whale have washed up on the sands from San Diego to Santa Barbara ...