While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

The Atlantic Ocean did not spring into existence in a sudden tectonic snap; its earliest pulse can now be traced through a ...

The discovery challenges "long-standing assumptions about life's potential at extreme depths," study authors said.

The new study estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean holds approximately 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics, around nine times the amount of larger plastic debris in all of the world’s oceans.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) -The Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue (WBOR) brought home their regional title last week for the fifth year in a row. WBOR traveled to Nags Head and competed in the ...

Scientists found large black-and-white rays with whip-like tails off United States, Mexico, Brazil and discovered new species: Atlantic manta ray, study said.

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic has a low chance of development as it tracks northwest over the next few days.

For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.

Scientists are far from knowing all of the complexities of Earth's ocean. With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know, like its role as one of the world's largest carbon sinks and ...

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in ...