Amid the Iran war, Israel is quietly planning for a potential base at the mouth of the Red Sea that would allow it to target one of Tehran’s last-remaining proxies.

The peer-reviewed study, led by Ocean Conservancy scientists, gathered previously collected data about more than 10,000 ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Scientists are tracking unseasonably large sargassum mats in the Atlantic. Where it will land, if at all, depends on winds ...

A 2025 satellite photo shows a giant "Y" in the middle of the Taklamakan Desert, where a verdant river and a lengthy "red-white mountain" meet. The intersecting features are also home to an ...

Reviewing those rare encounters, marine scientist Mark C. Benfield at Louisiana State University (LSU) connected scattered sightings and documented the fish alive in its natural depth range. Footage ...

In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced ...

[(https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/05/02210545/founders-briefs-540x90-1.jpg) In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most ...