In Native Hawaiians’ genealogical stories, says Solomon Kahoʻohalahala, the coral polyp is considered the oldest ancestor, ...

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Los Angeles collected ash, air and water samples as fire blazed on the hills before them in January.

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The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

But lately, as I read news about deadly heat waves and disappearing glaciers, those titles are beginning to seem almost naive ...

Crustaceans, a small but mighty animal classification group of invertebrates, can be found scuttling across the ocean floor, ...

The organizers delayed the event’s start from 9 to 11 a.m. and shortened it from three hours to just two. But even in that ...

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth's oceans were once green ...

Scientists have long credited cyanobacteria for sparking the Great Oxidation Event It flooded Earth’s atmosphere with oxygen and paved the way for complex life High levels of iron in the oceans ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth’s oceans were once green.