A detail of a UD researcher's 3-D-printed model of a section from Redbird Reef, located off the Delaware coastline. Researchers are studying "fingerprints" left by strong storms in the area to better ...

You can’t talk about the ocean without mentioning the Great Barrier Reef. This 1,429-mile ecosystem is the largest living thing on the planet. It’s so gigantic, you can see it from outer space! Just ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — "The ocean has always been a really big part of my family, and my brother was a diver as well," Emily Leone said, as she remembered her brother, John Leone of Jacksonville. He was ...

Inside a low-slung building in the heart of the Florida Keys, Cynthia Lewis is running what she calls a “coral mass triage unit.” As a blistering marine heat wave persists off the coast, a full-blown ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For the first time ever, scientists have had help from sea lions in mapping the ocean floor. And the marine mammals have done their job well, ...