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According to a recent report, nearly one in four species catalogued by the CMS are threatened with extinction on a worldwide scale.

NASA is poised to launch four astronauts April 1 on a historic nine-day trip around the moon and back. Here's everything to know about the Artemis II mission.

Arctic sea ice levels are crucial to Earth's climate because, without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans.

Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.

Here's what to know about peptides, what they can and can't do, and what's driving viral claims about possible health benefits online.

The staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is monitoring some animals they've rehabilitated from space -- especially amputees, such as one they named Amelie, who's back at sea.

The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating the popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, scientists say.

Researchers in Cambodia surveyed dozens of previously unexplored caves and found several species never seen before, including a pit viper that is still being studied.

The song is that of a humpback whale and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, researchers said.

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.