A conservation group in Chicago says hundreds of red-breasted mergansers, a species of diving duck that typically winters in ...

Nestled in the charming town of Santa Margarita, the Plain National Monument offers a breathtaking blend of cinematic ...

The Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach on the California coast is one of the world's most photographed trees, and a multi-billion ...

Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader ...

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An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered ...

The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

The caviar industry today is largely based on aquaculture, with China emerging as a major producer. Innovations in farming ...

The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained ...

The new species has been named Bathynomus vaderi, as its head resembles the distinctive helmet of Darth Vader from “Star Wars ...