The least visited U.S. states have the least tourists, but they're also home to some of the country's most dazzling sights and most comfortable accommodations.

Yellowstone National Park is huge: 2,221,766 acres or 3,437.5 square miles, over twice the size of the state of Rhode Island.

A South Carolina beach town once nicknamed “Dirty Myrtle” because of its rowdy nightclubs and strip joints has become a magnet for retirees in a nation that continues to age.

The remains of the historic HMS Endeavour have been definitively located at a site near Newport, Rhode Island. The ship was the first European vessel to reach Australia's east coast.

NOAA ’s programs are for conservation. Recreational and commercial fishing plays a big role in the national, and Rhode Island, economy.

New data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that several cities along Texas's coast face dangerous sea levels.

The event, hosted by the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resource Center, Rhode Island Sea Grant, the Town of Charlestown, the Salt Ponds Coalition, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources ...

Almost every city on the U.S coastline saw an increase in sea level rises in 2024, according to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

In fact, the area of the deep seafloor that's been directly visualized is roughly equivalent to the state of Rhode Island, researchers report in the journal Science Advances.

Researchers have released their 2024 U.S. sea level 'report cards,' providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing 55 years of ...

Outdoors Officials debate how to save popular resort island from being wiped off the map: 'There must be an open connection to the sea' The island welcomed nearly 13 million visitors between April ...

Next king tide to arrive April 26; public invited to track and share shore photos The University of Rhode Island is asking Rhode Islanders to join the MyCoast: Rhode Island king tide monitoring effort ...