On Sable Island, a thin crescent-shaped sandbar in the Atlantic Ocean, the shifting landscapes make for dazzling — and ...

The climate and animals of the island led researchers to share what they have learned about the environment and themselves ...

Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets!

By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists ...

Despite a huge ocean swell approaching them, the couple stood there nonchalantly and it made many on the internet quite ...

Study discovered that tiny electrical sparks, called microlightning, form when water droplets collide. These can create ...

Life on Earth may not have begun with a big lightning strike in the ocean, as scientists once thought. Instead, tiny electric sparks from crashing waves and waterfalls—called “microlightning”—might ...

Julian Desmarais was at an Oregon beach to spread his dog’s ashes when an unexpected wave came crashing onto the shoreline.

A Stanford study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning ...

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department says first responders located the body of a man Sunday morning who was standing on rocks near the shore when he got swept into the ocean by a crashing wave.

Verdant valleys, crashing surf and great bites abound on Maui’s north coast, where the towns of Paia and Wailuku beckon.