A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

Once considered remote and pristine, the Arctic is now succumbing to a tide of plastic. In Norway, a monumental effort is underway to curb its spread.

On Tetiaroa, a vibrant coral atoll dotted with sandy islets, archaeologists, marine biologists and cultural practitioners are ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and Washington, the eastern Gulf of ...

Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an ...

Tempted to break up winter in the city with a warm mini break? Why not consider something even colder, says Maddy Mussen ...

Acanthopsaron striatum and Pteropsaron flavissimum are new species of signalfish, a group of bottom-dwelling fish typically ...

The giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park is cooling off in the west but staying hot in the northeast.

The Blue Lagoon is not only the most visited attraction in all of Iceland, but it is also one of the most expensive! Whe ...

There also was a magnitude-2.6 earthquake at 1:42 p.m. Sunday, about 7 miles southwest of Laupāhoehoe at a depth of 16 miles ...

THAT RESCUE HAS NOW BEEN CALLED OFF... TONIGHT THE PERSON THE CAL FIRE said they are searching for a man who got swept into the ocean by a sneaker wave on Monday. A witness said that a man was ...