Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

Engraved over 20 millennia ago, it intertwines ritual, symbolism, and water management in a stunning display of prehistoric ...

Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

Since the close of World War II, more than 115 people have died from encounters with unexploded ordnance in the North Sea—but ...

Is your child the next Nate Seltzer? If they are curious about the different parts of the world, then this geography quiz for ...

I did search for a new one while I was inclined to do — as I mentioned in that last column — but that search proved fruitless ...

There is a ravishing kind of beauty in Tommaso Santambrogio’s lyrical triptych of contemporary Cuban life, “Oceans Are the ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

US President-elect Donald Trump announces plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, citing the US's ...

Two Marine Institute laboratory teams earn green certification, enhancing sustainability and reducing environmental impact ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...