In the delicate balancing act between human development and protecting the fragile natural world, sand is weighing down the ...

That’s what happens when rain mixes with debris from burn scars. A slurry of mud ... can negatively affect microbial life, said Tina Treude, a professor of marine biology at UCLA who studies ...

However, while humans can move to higher ground, marine life is stuck in the churning ocean. Hurricanes can be incredibly damaging to aquatic ecosystems. As a storm "grows larger and more potent ...

A rare and unexpected sighting of a North Atlantic right whale and her newborn calf was made off the coast of New York and ...