Onboard the Rosenstiel School's research vessel, F.G. Walton Smith, oceanographers are investigating why changes in a Florida ...

We tend to think of gravity as being about as constant as it gets. It is the invisible anchor that keeps our feet on the ...

The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...

None of the main research on the voyage of the Araon was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a sign of the difficult times for American science.

I've been to the Mariana Trench. The choice is clear: Protect one of earth's last frontiers or destroy it before we even understand what we're losing.

Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains.

As he enters a laboratory with saltwater pools full of fish, Luka Žuvić explains how climate change is affecting the feeding ecology and reproductive biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and how the ...

Researchers are homing in on how kids reap long-term health benefits from getting dirty, whether cuddling furry pets or ...

A huge sinkhole in the ocean close to China called the Dragon Hole has been found to hold over 1,700 viruses that have never ...

China is paying Russia to join Arctic expeditions while also pushing for greater cooperation from Nordic states.