When most people think about corals, they imagine a tropical reef with crystal blue water, teeming with colorful fish. But, in the depths of the cold, murky Gulf of Maine, deep-sea corals thrive, ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

Find out what’s speeding up Earth’s rotation and why it may force timekeepers to delete a second ...

The California Department of Water Resources, which manages Lake Oroville -- the state's second-largest reservoir -- told CalMatters that it's storing water beyond its normal flood control limits, ...

Everyone who says Los Angeles weather is perfect is wrong. Yes, Randy Newman, who once sang of L.A.: “The sun is shining all the time, just like another perfect day,” we are talking to you. And ...

The Hurricane Hunters spend three months flying over Pacific storms to fill critical data gaps as atmospheric rivers pummel the West Coast.

When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour the remnants of a dried-up Martian lakebed for signs of ancient life. Scientists have been focused on ...

Record temperatures are melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack two months ahead of schedule, putting California's summer water supply at serious risk.

Is wild-caught seafood really healthier than farmed? Learn about the nutritional differences, mercury risks, and why sustainability labels matter.

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

From freshwater providers to cultural touchstones, a look at the many changing identities of glaciers.

As South by Southwest’s Can Science Safeguard Earth’s Wildlife panel began on Tuesday,  Nadine Lamberski, chief conservation and wildlife health officer at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, raised ...