From beaches across Mexico, groups of women in diving gear who call themselves sirenas, or mermaids, are taking on the ...

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APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

Approximately 71% of Earth’s surface is covered in water. Five main bodies make up the world’s oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, ...

Seagrasses preserve our oceans, offering safe harbor for sea life, calming rough waters, and storing excess carbon dioxide.

The fading ocean green, a sign of phytoplankton decline, is a red flag for key ocean systems that sustain food chains and ...

Moroccan rocks reveal that Earth’s magnetic field once changed fast but followed a hidden order, helping scientists map ...

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to be ...

A team of trainees off the western coast of Canada ended up in the “right place at the right time” to help free an entangled whale. A video shows the rescue effort and the hundreds of feet of rope ...

For the past year, Australia's oceans have been hotter than ever before. The impacts are being felt all across the nation — as far away from the coast as you can get.

A display of confiscated vessels at a naval base in Ecuador offers a peek at why drug smuggling is so hard to stop.