Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

This baby creature lives in the ocean's twilight zone.

"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles ...

Sea level can temporarily change for a variety of reasons—atmospheric pressure shifts and water accumulation from wind and ...

In the study, primary author Jennifer K. McWhorter of the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and ...

New research shows that some frozen moons may hide boiling oceans beneath their icy shells, shaping strange surface features.

While the Navy has seen success in meeting its recruiting goals in recent years, the influx of recruits has created a new ...

The weather phenomenon known as El Niño could form later this year, potentially pushing global temperatures to record heights, researchers say.

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

As of 2026, more than 80% of the world’s oceans are still unmapped and unexplored. We know more about the face of the moon ...

W HAT HAPPENS in the sea matters to everyone on land, because life in the sea underpins habitability on Earth. The ocean acts as a planetary thermostat. It regulates the climate, produces oxygen, ...

Warming ocean waters are shrinking whale feeding areas and increasing entanglement risk along the U.S. West Coast.