Welcome to the Daytona 500! Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the ...

Anyone up late for Valentine’s Day night could catch a rocket going off. SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 ...

Undersea mountains are key locations for predators—with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

The National Hurricane Center's website and maps now reflect the official name (at least in the U.S.) of the Gulf of America.

Researchers studying striped bass in the Atlantic have identified a worrisome interaction between overfishing and rising ...

About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact ...

Throughout the world, extreme weather is driving a growing death toll, exacting billions in damage, threatening food and ...

Discouraging soda drinking has been a public-health aim for decades. But the beverage is still embedded in American life.

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Residents in the Midwest and Northeast residents are bracing for another winter storm with heavy snowfall.

The Great Lakes Fishery's unique pest control program is close to eliminating the sea lamprey, a parasitic fish threatening ...

In Finland’s freezing Arctic, lakes and rivers have nourished the lifeways of Indigenous Skolt Sámi communities for ...

From sandy beaches to mountain summits to sparkling lakes, Virginia just seems to have it all. Here are the 20 most beautiful ...