Oysters are so much more than a seafood delicacy. They're ecosystem engineers, capable of building remarkably complex reefs.

When Donald Trump announced that he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, his executive order, signed in late January, gave the reason: The Gulf plays a “pivotal role” in the ...

After more than a week of oil shooting vertically out of an unused well off the coast of Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard ...

South Carolina's hurricane evacuation plan is broken up by zones, generally based on how close to the coast each community ...

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny ...

The Trump administration’s interest in Greenland appears to be part of what Washington sees as a broader competition for ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing for a highly anticipated vote this Thursday on a bill that could officially ...

A small tsunami has arrived in Antarctica, and residents of Southern Chile and Southern Argentina are evacuating.

Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior ...