In the narrow strait between Jura and Scarba, the sea does strange things. Standing waves barrel over phantom surf breaks.

The large nerve cord that runs along each octopus arm is divided into segments, allowing for precise movement control and ...

The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

Fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans who were stranded on a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic, officials said Wednesday. David Potts ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

Now, it appears that it is moving with the prevailing current toward South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. “It is presently in a meander of the current and ...

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers.

Between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea became a basin of desolation, cut off from the global ocean during what is known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). This period saw ...

NV5, the world’s leading provider of geospatial software and services, is marking 20 years of providing valuable geospatial ...

Night - Clear. Winds WNW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 16 °F (-8.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 34 °F (1.1 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph). Partly cloudy ...