A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s ...

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for ...

Young Earth was a blue planet covered in oceans, much like today. But the atmosphere was a lethal cocktail of gases, with no ...

You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split water and release oxygen, shaping the atmosphere and making complex life ...

Far below the surface of the Red Sea, in a region long associated with the Biblical story of Moses parting the waters, ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, catching a substance that usually hides behind the familiar H2O formula in the ...

Physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative, KM3NeT, built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for ...

When we think of snow, we usually think of winter. But did you know that it is always snowing in the ocean? Read more about marine snow.

Beyond the resort, South Caicos offers the kind of adventures you can’t find on the more developed islands. The property ...