The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

The 'Jaws' shark was 20 feet long in the book and 25 feet long in the movie. Could a shark this big be swimming off Georgia's shore?

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

One possibility is that tiny plankton — smaller even than the ones the scientists ... “The lake is still visible to 60 feet of clarity — it’s incredibly clear, and that’s something that we’ve managed ...

Engineers and technicians carefully inspected all sides of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft before its launch in 2024.

As temperatures soar and New Englanders hit the beach, officials are warning swimmers to watch out for massive jellyfish that ...

Over the past 20 years, the clarity — widely considered a measure of the lake’s overall health — has moved up and down by a ...

Ellen Goethel is a marine biologist and the owner of Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium at 367 Ocean Blvd. at Hampton Beach.

Length: Up to 20 feet long Weight: Over 5,500 pounds Great whites are probably the most feared sharks in the world, thanks to the 1975 movie “Jaws” and the many shark movies that followed.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife found a single zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River near New Castle in early June, the latest ...

On a surprise bachelorette cruise and whale watch around the Isle of Shoals, the group spotted two basking sharks.

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While ...