The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a ...

A dire lack of investment in oceangoing vessels means the U.S. ocean sciences community is lagging, scientists say. Three new ...

Fears of “chemtrails,” a long-disproven idea that condensation trails — or contrails — from planes contain ...

Fire has always played a crucial role in Southern California’s ecosystem, which features dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds called the Santa Anas, which blow from the east each winter. Many ...

A U.S. district court has issued summary judgment against a lawsuit filed by conservationists attempting to stop the opening ...

When the recent wildfires tore through Los Angeles, destroying thousands of homes and businesses, they also sent plumes of ...

Marine scientists tracked coral colonies in a remote area of the Great Barrier Reef and found that corals previously more resilient to bleaching suffered devastating and fatal bleaching during ...

These species need strong conservation policy to save them from extinction. They won’t get it for the next four years.

UPDATE: This post has been updated with input from NOAA Fisheries regarding the likelihood that the whale had been struck by ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California ( KCAL, KCBS) -- A deceased humpback whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier last ...