Environment

A Texas businessman and deep-sea explorer descended 35,853 feet into the depths of the Pacific Ocean to shatter the record for the world's deepest dive—and he found plastic trash. Victor ...

PARIS, France—The dolphins’ bodies were horribly mutilated, the fins cut off. But what shocked French marine researchers wasn’t ...

WASHINGTON—A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is ...

Viral video footage shows the moment an orangutan seemingly attempts to fight off an excavator in Indonesia. According ...

Amidst the plastic waste that is harming the marine ecosystem and its inhabitants, one brewery in Florida is ...

Scientists drilled down into a lake that exists beneath almost 1,100 meters (approximately 3,600 feet) of ice on ...

Six wolves died due to the actions of people in and around Yellowstone National Park, according to a ...

The ocean is full of really strange creatures, all at different depths in the ocean. As strong ocean ...

Some weather experts say a polar vortex disruption could hit the United States and Canada by the end ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A rarely seen shark embryo. Corals up to 7 feet (2 meters) high. Sponges with ...

An independent climate scientist recently cast doubts on a major ocean warming study, causing the researchers to pull ...

Access to safe and clean drinking water is a basic necessity, but as the world’s cities grow it ...

Humans have killed about 60 percent of animals, including mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles, on the planet since ...

Many of Florida's famous beaches were empty on Oct. 4 because of a red tide outbreak that for ...

Another rare Colorado River fish has been pulled back from the brink of extinction, wildlife officials said Oct. ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed loosening regulations on methane leaks in the oil and gas industry. ...

Not all sharks feed only on meat—at least one shark species also feeds on seagrass. Scientists have confirmed ...

Scientists in Florida are on the cusp of developing promising methods to control toxic algae blooms like the ...

Officials with International Bird Rescue said staff members are treating more hungry and exhausted young Common Murres at ...

ZURICH—With its quirky egg shape and minimalist interior, the bubble car was a symbol of cheap and cheerful ...

The Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) celebrated the finished expansion ...

MITZPE RAMON, Israel—Thousands of star-gazers gathered overnight at one of the darkest spots in Israel hoping to be ...

The Atlantic hurricane season may have gotten off to an early start this year, but it’ll probably end ...

LONDON—A British government report about fracking, which concluded that the method of shale oil or gas extraction increases ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a set of new fuel economy and emissions standards on Aug. 2, estimated ...

In a tremendous display of grief and maternal instinct, a mother killer whale continues to keep afloat the ...

Biologists found a litter of four mountain lion kittens in the mountains of Southern California earlier this month, ...