When you think about air travel, you might picture a straight line across the ocean on a map, but the reality is far more ...

Solving that riddle would allow work to begin on recovering the species and the ecosystems harmed by their decline. After four years of testing the creatures and scrutinizing the results ...

Scientists have long studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents. But those native to areas known as cold seeps — ...

The organisms discovered sustain on chemosynthesis rather than sunlight and are clustered around abundant methane seeps in ...

Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...

T he Wizard of Oz got a hat tip from scientists poking around in an ancient and underwater volcano chain in the Pacific Ocean, as they discovered what looked like a “yellow brick road”. The natural ...

Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...

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Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward for the next couple of days and stay far south of the Hawaiian Islands, ...

The National Hurricane Center gives the latest update on Hurricane Iona and says it is "rapidly weakening" to the south of ...