This week’s beachcombing survey brought in a fresh batch of Sargassum washed ashore — and with it, some of the ocean’s most ...

The annual forecast for the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, ...

For me, these “flying jewels” are fascinating to watch for their beauty, iridescent feathers, tiny size and impressive speed and endurance.

New research has revealed that the decline of kelp forests in the Gulf of Maine is reshaping marine food webs and energy ...

Dead zones appear annually, May through September, in the Gulf of Mexico ... so why do dead zones occur? Because of food web dynamics and decomposition. Zooplankton, small animals that spend ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern ...

By Liz Kimbrough In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip small branches of corals with gloved hands. Their voices ...