A female dolphin died after becoming stranded on a Long Island beach despite a rescue effort by nearly a dozen people.

Two North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the Gulf Coast of Alabama recently in a rare encounter less than a mile away ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower increase gives humans time to move away ...

The world's largest iceberg — which is roughly the size of Rhode Island — is fast approaching a remote British Island and wildlife haven in the South Atlantic. As of Jan. 16, the megaberg ...

The hideaway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Lake Worth Lagoon has 438 acres with nature trails, tree canopies and even an ...

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again ...

The Ocean Quahog has turned heads with its astonishing lifespan. Found in the icy depths of the North Atlantic, these deep-sea clams live over 500 years. A particularly famous Ocean Quahog, aptly ...