Earth’s oceans cover roughly 70% of the surface. Beneath the mesmerizing surface, marine life is being captured by nets, traps and other human-made hazards. In the process of struggling to escape, ...

Efforts to save the Chesapeake face serious challenges but not insurmountable ones if the federal-state partnership can be ...

Seeing dead or dying fish can cause distress and prompt concerns about pollution, but the vast majority of summer fish kills ...

The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food ...

Microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – were found in 55 juvenile northern hogsucker fish in tributaries of the Cheat, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Remediation of cancer-causing industrial toxins on the Thomson Reservoir resumes as environmental agencies aim to decontaminate the St. Louis River by the end of the decade.

Biologist Mike Ross, balanced in a canoe beneath a star-filled sky in central Zambia, slaps the water with a net attached to ...

Swordfish is another large predator fish that accumulates high amounts of mercury. These fish live longer and feed on smaller contaminated fish, leading to bioaccumulation. While swordfish is rich in ...

Well, more than 50 years ago the Montana Power Company announced the construction of its coal-fired generation plants at ...

The gray seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperiled by ...