Known as by-the-wind sailors because of the way they catch the ocean breeze using the sail-like fin on top of their bodies, ...

Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it ...

Explore the ocean's most stunning sea creatures, from graceful sea dragons to colourful fish, and uncover the beauty hidden ...

The federal government's planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey, seen as a holy site where "faith transcends borders," has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Catholic Diocese of ...

Winner of an environmental photography award, this shot of a sea turtle seen under ultraviolet light shows how forensic ...

Choosing between East Africa and Southern Africa is not really a geographical question. It is a question about who you are as ...

As border wall construction accelerates, ecologists are cataloging wildlife on both sides of the international boundary and ...

A group of locals recruited decades ago from the ranching communities of the Coahuila-Texas desert to serve as Big Bend ...

They are iridescent, bright blue and jellylike, with stinging tentacles that dangle from their flat, oval-shaped bodies. Just ...

A rescue team has released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near ...

Scientists and tourists alike have been amazed by the massive sea lion hanging out on a San Francisco pier. The species can ...

A barge carrying a stranded humpback whale nicknamed Timmy has begun its journey toward the North Sea. The whale was spotted near Germany's Baltic Sea coast in March, far from ...