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

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

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

An observer strolling past the Jack London Square waterfront on a recent Saturday afternoon might have witnessed an unusual ...

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

The proposed changes include the elimination of the "blanket rule" that automatically protects animals and plants when they ...

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

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 ...

Experts warn the Administration's proposed changes to the 1973 law could put endangered species in deeper jeopardy.

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

A retired Marine known as Virginia’s “Pumpkin Man” has donated more than 7,600 pumpkins to feed rescued animals—all while ...

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...