Sperm whales sleep vertically as if standing up, making them look like they're frozen mid-dance in the middle of the ocean.

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are ...

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In the past few years, as many as two million people have escaped the island’s repressive regime and collapsing economy.

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure - IN FOCUS: They ...

On Dec. 12, 1972, cult leader John Robert Stevens made a big announcement: he was a time traveler. “I had a real meeting with ...

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the ...

In the Chesapeake Bay, oyster populations are declining, with many of their reefs destroyed by overfishing and the steady ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...

Scientists discovered chemical fossils in ancient rocks that suggest sea sponges were among the first animals to live on Earth.

Argentina explores Mar del Plata Canyon for the first time: 40 new species are discovered and the country is captivated by ...

Marine life is thriving on unexploded bombs and sunken ships left over from the world wars, according to two new studies.