More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded, scientists are still working to ...

Solving that riddle would allow work to begin on recovering the species and the ecosystems harmed by their decline. After four years of testing the creatures and scrutinizing the results ...

The organisms discovered sustain on chemosynthesis rather than sunlight and are clustered around abundant methane seeps in ...

Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active ...

Some of the iron emitted by industrial activity in East Asia is carried by winds into the North Pacific, where it nourishes ...

A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...

T he Wizard of Oz got a hat tip from scientists poking around in an ancient and underwater volcano chain in the Pacific Ocean, as they discovered what looked like a “yellow brick road”. The natural ...

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Two tropical cyclones are swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii but forecasters don't expect them to cause any issues ...