The "chunky" giant salamander-sized ocean bottom-dwelling creature was almost three feet long with a disc-shaped body and covered in bony armor.

But not all dinosaurs exploited marine resources.

The Antarctic ice sheet’s future depends how a chain of events plays out. A new study finds the evidence points in one direction.

By Stephen Beech The very deepest depths of the ocean have become a dumping ground for human litter, reveals new research. Food wrappers, plastic cups and even a rubber boot were found thousands of feet below the surface in the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, 180 miles off the coast of Argentina. Scientists say the […]

Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.

Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.

Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.