A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

Average sea levels at Fort Denison in Sydney have risen. The sea level data in document does not show average annual sea levels.

The sea robin, a bony fish that lives at the bottom of the ocean, has six leg-like structures that it uses to scurry across the sea floor, and sometimes dig for prey.

A mysterious sea urchin plague has spread across the world, causing the near extinction of the creature in some areas and threatening delicate coral reef ecosystems, a new study suggests. The ...

URI Professor Brennan Phillips is the principal investigator on a research project that has shown how it’s possible, using new technology that can preserve tissue, and high-resolution 3D imaging.

The new owner of Legal Sea Foods has reached a deal with Stavis Seafoods to turn over a last remnant of the Seaport’s working waterfront.

A drone and speedboat attack off Yemen killed four seafarers on a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, an official with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, the second incident in a day, ...

Several flood-protection projects like sea walls, berms, and elevated land are tangled up in large developments that now face slowdowns.

A swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New York’s Long Island after treading water for five hours, police said. Dan Ho, 63, went swimming at a beach in Babylon ...

Some of the impacts from climate change can happen suddenly. New research shows that a major ocean current in the Atlantic is at risk of collapsing. That could affect weather around the globe.