For years, scientists thought Antarctica was the main source of meltwater that flooded the planet's oceans after the last ice ...

Scientists caution fisheries and climate change still threaten the animals. Sustained conservation efforts must continue so ...

The Jamaican government said it had done all it could to prepare as it warned of devastating damage from the strongest ...

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

With winds of 185 mph, Melissa is the strongest landfalling hurricane in Atlantic basin history, tied with Dorian and the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. She had the second strongest winds overall behind ...

Hurricane Melissa's deadly spin is visible from space. Satellite footage caught the hurricane in rotation on Tuesday (Oct. 28 ...

Melissa is one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic Basin, killing at least 32 people.

The Panama Canal Authority plans to move ahead with construction and concession of two new port terminals, with an estimated investment of $2.6 billion.

A recent Houston Chronicle story reveals Trump administration plans to open large swathes of the California coast to offshore ...

November hurricanes are rare in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s why Texas doesn’t see November landfalls even though the storm ...

An OCEARCH-tagged great white shark named Ripple, first to ping off Florida this migratory season, made the journey with ...

Melissa is moving over the North Atlantic & has lost tropical characteristics becoming a large post-tropical ocean storm that ...