The ocean floor is dotted with wood fall, or chunks of wood that make it all the way to the bottom of the sea. The wood provides a welcome source of nutrients and shelter on the barren deep-sea ...

A wildfire raging in Ocean County reached 8,500 acres on Tuesday night, prompting concerns for residents, homes, wildlife — ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

A single load of laundry can release millions of plastic pieces that wastewater treatment plants can't capture. They end up in humans.

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

Climate change has led to the extinction of several species; timely intervention and urgent conservation of the threatened ...

Seagrass is crucial to the health of our ocean and provides food and shelter for a ton of animals. But this leafy green ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...

The nation's first Indigenous-nominated marine sanctuary protects plant and animal life, and also honors the land’s original ...