As a devoted ocean swimmer, I've learned to accept the risk of exploring an ocean that is not my natural habitat.

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The Black Pearl is a 97-foot, steel-hulled, pirate-themed vessel now resting 6.01 nautical miles southwest of St. Andrews ...

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources recently held a hearing on the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act, which ...

China has been turning heads with its impressive artificial islands, which have already become large enough to inhabit. Here's how they're made.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Vernon Stoner has grown accustomed to the rhythmic industrial symphony outside his Olympia waterfront home. The noise recently heard on Puget Sound is the groan of hydraulics, the ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

Volusia County states that artificial reefs reflect the principles John Crisp championed: strengthening marine life, preserving natural systems and investing in long-term solutions.

Before the 2004 tsunami, researchers found traces of coral reef uplift on Simeulue Island, Aceh, which caused ancient ...