Oceans
Shark species can get kind of weird. See 3 of the strangest wobbegongs, goblins and vipers.
When someone says "shark," t...
These cannibal baby sharks eat their siblings in the womb – and sketches show just how gruesome it can be
As adults, sand tiger sharks...
Wreck of ship on which famed explorer Ernest Shackleton died found on ocean floor off Canada
The wreck of the ship that f...
Massive "grave slabs" recovered from UK's oldest shipwreck
Maritime archaeologists have...
There are thousands of tons of plastic floating in the oceans. One group trying to collect it just got a boost.
The accumulated floating pla...
The doomsday glacier is undergoing "vigorous ice melt" that could reshape sea level rise projections
The massive "doomsday glacie...
U.K. Supreme Court makes ruling over $43 million in treasure from World War II ship sunk by Japanese torpedoes
South Africa has won a legal...
Researchers found the planet's deepest under-ocean sinkhole — and it's so big, they can't get to the bottom
Sinkholes don't just happen...
Weapons chest and chain mail armor found in ancient shipwreck off Sweden
Researchers exploring an anc...
Jellyfish with bright red cross found in remote deep-sea volcanic structure
Scientists say they have fou...
Last year's marine heat waves were unprecedented, forcing researchers to make 3 new coral reef bleaching alert levels
Temperatures in parts of the...
Sea level rise could cost Europe billions in economic losses, study finds
Some regions of Europe could...
New Zealand fisherman rescued after floating in ocean for 23 hours, surviving close encounter with shark
A New Zealand man survived n...
Billions of pounds of microplastics are entering the oceans every year. Researchers are trying to understand their impact.
Panama City — A team of inte...
Shark attacks woman walking in knee-deep water after midnight in New Zealand
A New Zealand woman is recov...
Endangered whale filmed swimming with beachgoers dies after stranding on sandbar
An endangered whale that was...
"New evidence" proves shipwreck off Rhode Island is Captain Cook's Endeavour, museum says
The Australian National Mari...
North Greenland ice shelves have lost 35% of their volume, with "dramatic consequences" for sea level rise, study says
Scientists have long thought...
Missing submarine found 83 years after it was torpedoed in WWII battle
Wreckage likely belonging to...
Hurricane Lee's path and timeline: Meteorologists project when and where the storm will hit
Tracking Hurricane Lee: 5 p....
