The Sea World Foundation said a rescue team responded off the coast of New South Wales after receiving reports of a whale in distress. Drone video showed a thick rope wound tightly around the mammal’s ...

In mid-2024, scientists reported a surprising discovery: oxygen being produced on the deep seabed in complete darkness, ...

East Antarctica’s interior is warming at a startling pace, powered by shifting ocean conditions that drive warm air inland.

Animals are finding paths blocked by roads, homes, oil wells. Butterflies are fading from forests. Giant fish are running into dams, as ancient routes are disrupted.

Striking jagged peaks, impressive icebergs, and hiking through national parks for days—don’t sleep on this up-and-coming expedition cruise destination.

Microscopic marvels, ocean giants, and scavengers. Meet the animals that could thrive after a worldwide disaster.

Hidden within Arctic ice, diatoms are proving to be anything but dormant. New Stanford research shows these glass-walled ...

This rising din threatens to drown out the ocean’s own voices—songs so well-structured that a leopard seal’s ( Hydrurga ...

The National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise from Iceland to East Greenland offers a blend of wildlife encounters, ...

I daydreamed the other day that we returned from a trip to find a giant cotton ball where our house used to be. In our ...

Five well-publicized polar geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, ...

A team of international scientists is urging caution against five of the most-discussed polar geoengineering ideas, stating ...