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A vertically floating vessel and an underwater habitat could give Florida scientists greater access to oceanic research.

Finding the disease persisting in ocean sand means dredging, hurricanes and other things that stir up the ocean floor can spread the disease.

Federal, state and local agencies are racing to determine the cause of the spill, which is at least 13 square miles in size.

Something went boom in outer space and sent radioactive stardust our way, and it's just been found at the bottom of the ocean.

Choking plastics and deafening noise in the world’s oceans may be harming wildlife in more ways than scientists previously thought.In two new studies…

Every summer, fish and other marine life are forced out of their habitats in the Gulf of Mexico due to an insidious “dead zone.” The area, also known as...

As consumers rebel against plastic waste, there's a growing question: Do we invent something people can toss without harming the environment or do we change people by giving them a chance to reuse?

Alex Weber discovered more than 50,000 balls in the ocean near coastal California golf courses. When golf balls degrade, as these were doing, they release plastic particles and toxic chemicals.

Patricia Engel has the extremely familiar story of having come to Miami for what she thought would be a year -- 13 years ago.She came from New York (after…