Microplastics are flooding the Gulf of Mexico, threatening marine life and seafood security, new research shows.

Imagine having an entire island to yourself, where the only sounds are the gentle waves and the distant call of seabirds.

Even though rising temperatures are the main cause of coral bleaching, certain coral species are climate-resilient. But still ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

In May of this year, satellites captured a staggering view from space: 37.5 million metric tons of floating brown seaweed ...

Caribbean governments are struggling to track and manage ciguatera fish poisoning, which is commonly under-reported. As ...

There’s something almost mythical about driving the Florida Keys Scenic Highway, where the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico play a game of blue-hued tag on either side of your car windows.

San Antonio Zoo is going through unprecedented changes. Congo Falls will bring gorillas back to San Antonio in November. And now state records show plans to open a new lab displaying coral ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Our beloved coral reefs face serious threats. From disease to widespread bleaching driven by increasing ocean temperatures, scientists warn that without urgent ...

Beneath a cloak of darkness, illuminated only by glow sticks and red-filtered flashlights, researchers waited underwater off Key Largo hoping to witness one of the rarest events of sex in the sea.

FOR WESH TWO NEWS AT NOON. OKAY, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ENGINEERS OF THE ECOSYSTEM. WE’RE TALKING HERE ABOUT CORAL REEFS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA IS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE ...

Researchers compared how genetically similar populations of Pocillopora corals cope with heat stress in Panama’s Gulf of Panama and Gulf of Chiriquí, both on the Pacific coast. The team looked at the ...