Ocean

We get the backstory to the new novel Whalefall, about a man who finds himself in the belly of a sperm whale.

In 2016, a concerned local dropped $400 worth of rock on a vanishing beach to see what would happen. Now engineers are watching, too.

For the first time, scientists were able to save a young whale stranded in Cook Inlet. What should happen next?

Once, toheroa were endless. Now, they're all but gone.

Plasticrust is one of humanity and nature’s worst collabs.

They return to the same sunken vessels over and over again, and researchers are trying to figure out why.

A deep-sea expedition uncovers a candy-colored oasis off the Gulf of California.

Mauro Morandi has been the sole resident of Budelli, Italy, for decades, but that time may be coming to an end.

Good news for the future of Adélie penguins.

One researcher called them "planktonic chameleons."