The sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena by a U.S. submarine—a rare and chilling use of torpedoes in the modern era—did more than claim the lives of 87 sailors; it signalled that the instability ...

Whoever controls the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Iran, controls nothing less than the sole maritime gateway for most of the Persian Gulf’s oil riches to the world.

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it's significantly ...

A UN report warns that nearly half of the world’s migratory species are declining, and about one in four face the risk of extinction.

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

Ancient fossils show how much warming tropical oceans can handle before plankton collapse, offering clues about future ...

To celebrate the long-running manga reaching over 600 million sales worldwide, manga creator and author Eiichiro Oda has written the secret to One Piece on a piece of paper, sealed it inside a ...

The world's oceans are shifting beneath us in ways that researchers say have no real precedent in the modern record. The ...

The nearly week-long war that began with the United States and Israel attacking Iran has brought mounting death tolls and spread beyond the Middle East. It has also disrupted the global economy, with ...

You can rent an entire private island in the Florida Keys for about $223 per person and enjoy snorkeling, fishing, sunsets, ...

A new study links oil found on Palm Beach debris to a 2019 Brazil spill that traveled 5,200 miles across the Atlantic on ...