Learn how the harbor seal became Rhode Island’s state animal and what this whiskered swimmer says about the Ocean State.

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

After right whales were redetected east of Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan. 14, the right whale Slow Zone has been extended ...

Ormond's movements reveal great whites don't travel in groups during winter, instead spreading out from the Carolinas to the Gulf of Mexico.

A snapshot on the beach—stroking a manatee's back or nudging a sea turtle—can shatter into federal charges. Across the United ...

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed ...

As they begin their yearly migration back to New England waters, I'm hoping for safe passage and fewer ropes and ships in ...

Moose Point State Park provides the perfect introduction to the region’s natural splendor, with easy walking trails leading ...

North Atlantic right whales have returned to the waters south of Massachusetts, prompting federal authorities to designate a voluntary slow zone.

On the east coast in places like Newport, Rhode Island, the ideal time for a charter is during the warmer summer months ...

Virginia Oliver, who gained international fame as Maine's oldest lobster fisherman, died Wednesday in Rockland.