Imagine waking up to the sound of rain, only to find your favorite local park transformed into a vast, shimmering lake.

New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic, where over two dozen died in the Texas flood. And, U.S.

In the South China Sea, off China’s Hainan Island, researchers dropped the carcass of a cow about 5,340 feet down to the ...

On June 27, Janet Neilson, a biologist with the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, saw an adult humpback whale near ...

Park Service officials said they’re looking for more information on last month’s encounter with what appeared to be a medium ...

Deep beneath the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, a remarkable marine mammal performs feats that defy our understanding of mammalian physiology. The Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is ...

Marine mammals can dive for remarkably long periods because their bodies have evolved to adapt to the underwater environment. Elephant seals, in particular, can hold their breath for about two ...

Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal. They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the water's surface — about 10 times deeper than the Eiffel Tower is tall..

When Amanda Savoie shows people photos and videos from her dives in the Arctic Ocean off Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, they are invariably astonished by what they’re seeing. “The water in Cambridge Bay is ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference.

An international team of paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean-dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins.

Critically Endangered Leatherback Turtle Sets Potential Deep-Diving Record A female leatherback turtle managed to reach a depth that is even beyond that of most submarines.