Located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea was once the fourth largest lake in the world.

A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that temperature in the Southern Ocean was more tightly linked to the extent of Antarctic glaciation during past greenhouse climates than previously thought.

In early June 2011, NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues placed satellite tags on 26 loggerhead sea turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

‘Dead’ coral rubble can support more animals than live coral, according to University of Queensland researchers trialling a high-tech sampling method.

Changes in ocean chemistry and temperature have had a dramatic effect on the diversity of corals and sea anemones, according to a team of scientists who have traced their evolution through deep time.

The life cycle of a crawfish can be fairly straight forward.

Natural wetlands continue to disappear due to city and human development and are being replaced with manmade swales, ponds and canals. 

Over the past months, the Arctic has experienced alarmingly high temperatures, extreme wildfires and a significant loss of sea ice.

Retreating glaciers have changed how visitors experience Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.

The network of narrow stream valleys that flow off this towering volcano in central Mexico are sometimes used as roads—or convenient places to set up soccer pitches or sift for building materials.