Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

While lawmakers debate the future of the Kirkpatrick Dam and Rodman Reservoir, it’s possible to get a glimpse into what a restored Ocklawaha River would look like. During a dam drawdown, ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program is pleased to announce the release of the annual 2024-2025 Bay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

La Jolla and Point Loma are home to the largest giant kelp forests on the West Coast, but those golden underwater forests are shrinking as ocean temperatures rise. A new study from Scripps Institution ...

This hidden Florida state park surprises visitors with sugar-white sand, emerald Gulf water, towering dunes, and rare coastal dune lakes. It's almost unreal.

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Most people think of tropical reefs when they hear “scuba diving,” but Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union, Connecticut, ...

There are lakes, and then there’s Lake Phelps at Pettigrew State Park in Creswell, North Carolina, which is in a category all its own. This isn’t one of those murky bodies of water where you can’t see ...

Underwater earthquakes in Antarctica can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean ...