Because of its warm, clear waters, sharks flock to this area as well as others like it off the coast of the Sunshine State.

Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, a mine countermeasure exercise focused on the Black Sea, started Monday in Portland, England, the ...

Just off the coast of Los Angeles, Catalina Island has been named the best place to scuba dive in the United States. These rankings were determined by the Professional Association of Diving ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

The deep-sea environment comprises a wealth of distinct ecosystems, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and subsurface habitats. A multitude of bacteria and archaea live in these distant niches ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...