Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. New evidence of ...

Most of the Earth is covered by water. About 71 percent of the planet’s surface is ocean, while the rest is land made up of ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but many operate in constant threat of being infected by viruses called phages ...

Disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein used expensive properties in New York, South Florida, the Virgin Islands and Paris to coerce minor girls into sex, according to multiple ...

A new map aims to help Michigan anglers determine whether their fishing spot has an advisory for ‘forever chemicals.’ The new interactive mapping tool launched by the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network ...

Oceanic manta rays dive to record depths of 1,250 meters (4,100 feet), according to a first-of-its-kind study to examine in detail the extreme deep-diving behavior of these rays. Researchers tracked ...

More than a decade after Uber and Lyft gave Bay Area passengers new choices for local transportation, a fresh rollout of robotaxi (and robotaxi-ish) services is here. Waymo is growing fast. Tesla has ...

If the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has its way, a huge swath of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, long considered off limits, will be opened to offshore drilling. A map released Nov. 20 includes a ...

A harsh drop in temperatures is being delivered to the eastern two thirds of the country thanks to a polar vortex dipping down from the Arctic. Record cold high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday are ...

The sale is the first of 30 as laid out in this summer's budget-reconciliation law, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. According to a bureau news release, an estimated 29.59 billion barrels of ...

Thousands of flights have been canceled amid the longest government shutdown in history, with officials warning that disruptions could increase ahead of the Thanksgiving travel period. A combination ...