Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

The Santa Ana winds tend to cause the same corridors to burn over and over again. Experts say the region needs to adapt.

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in ...

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already ...

Research suggests that an ancient shoreline helped to sculpt the drop between Mars' southern and northern hemispheres.

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

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 ...

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 ...