They use a variety of habitats during the nesting season but are especially fond of the rocky shorelines along rivers, ponds ...

If you crave the solitude of an undeveloped stretch of coast to beachcomb, birdwatch, and sunbathe, check out America's best national seashores.

A 12-foot great white shark named Scot has been spotted lurking just of the coast of North Carolina, near the resort town of ...

Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...

The EU has presented the GenDC project, which aims to standardise the collection, storage, and integration of genetic data ...

The Greenland shark—the world's longest-living vertebrate—is most often associated with cold Arctic waters. However, a new ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions ...

On a sunny day in late March, the North Atlantic right whale known as #3903 forages for small sea creatures in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. These feeding grounds help researchers keep track of the ...

CO2 engineers of deep sea: Cod, eel save environment by storing carbon in ocean New research reveals that many of the fish species we eat are vital to maintaining the seabed — and by extension ...

The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the most endangered sea turtle species in the world — is ending up “cold-stunned” in Cape Cod Bay with increasing frequency.

More You saw a show if you were in the area of the Cape Cod Canal on April 15 when around 30 North Atlantic right whales and some humpback whales were spotted feeding near the eastern end of the ...

Sea turtles stranded on Cape Cod and Long Island this winter just got a second chance. Here's how rescuers helped them get back to the ocean.