Severe injuries and other healthcare conditions happen to humans without notice and are expensive to treat. Pets like dogs and fish are also exposed to these healthcare conditions. Most people don’t ...

For the perfect Puerto Rico trip, head to this coastal beach with some amazing snorkeling, shallow reefs that are teeming ...

Have you ever thought about what would happen if all life in the ocean disappeared? A recent study explores this extreme scenario to understand how ocean biology shapes the past, present ...

Linda's Ocean Nails. Photo by Jay A. Martin. A lot of people would say that a neighborhood is home when the community of people are getting along. This seems to be true along the north border of ...

But one thing that we like to say about the ocean is when you talk about one part, you're talking about all parts. Yeah. At the Monterey Bay aquarium, scientists worked daily to better understand ...

The United States needs a new ocean conservation strategy. Climate change is causing rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and increased storm damage, 1 while habitat destruction and ...

A defense attorney argued Friday that his 19-year-old client did not deliberately set the blaze that consumed 15,000 acres of Ocean County’s Pinelands. The defense attorney, Joseph Compitello ...

Thirty-seven schools across Monmouth and Ocean County were eligible to exceed the state-mandated 2 percent cap on local tax levy increases the Tax Levy Incentive Aid Program was introduced.

OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. (WPVI) -- Authorities in New Jersey announced Friday that a second teenager has been arrested in connection with the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County. A 17-year-old was taken ...

“These areas are like our underwater Yellowstone,” said Douglas McCauley, director of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, speaking aboard a ...

As Trump Pares Back Ocean Protections, California Weighs Expanding Them CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California’s Channel Islands as fish ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...