When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walk the Rhode Island shoreline and you’re bound to find something that catches your eye trapped in the sand or tangled in the ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s probably the most asked question by beachcombers hoping to snag an oceanic souvenir: Where is the best place to find ...

From upwelling to marine heatwaves, science and fishermen explain annual phenomenon and why 2026 may be different ...

In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

In the deep waters of the South China Sea, a new species was discovered near a cold seep thousands of feet deep. Marko Blazevic via Unsplash As you get closer to the bottom of the ocean, it gets ...