In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest marine oil spills ever. In ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare ...

Plastic found inside a dead black-footed albatross. Image by Dan Clark /USFWS. New research has found that even small amounts ...

A dead sperm whale weighing more than 100,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach, but a local nonprofit says it can't be ...

Many have come to see the animal and pay respects with flowers and petals,” the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket, or MMAN, ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the ...

It felt like everyone in Oregon was watching and worrying after a young humpback whale was stranded Saturday on a beach north ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics -- but how much is too much? The bar is low, according to a new study: less than three sugar cubes worth could ...

Tsunamis are powerful ocean waves caused primarily by undersea earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, or even meteor ...

Hundreds of manatees are beginning to enter the waterways of Crystal River this month, marking the beginning of manatee ...

President Donald Trump's administration is working to roll back protections for endangered species and their habitats. These ...