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Drowning deaths in Australian waters are at a 10-year high. A small community on Victoria's Surf Coast believes an ocean skills centre to create a generation of qualified lifesavers could be the answer to bringing that figure down.

U.S. government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast threatened the Southern New England Cod, a species so venerated in the region a wooden carving of it hangs in the Massachusetts state house.

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The boat was discovered some 800 miles away from Bermuda

Imagine starting your work day with a fresh coconut juice perched by your laptop as you gaze over the ocean or a tropical rainforest.

Two sailors found an abandoned ship in the Bermuda triangle with no crew onboard and no distress signals in sight, and after research they discovered it had been lost long ago

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon water tanks gurgle and bubble away; each home to a solitary, wild-caught octopus and a couple of floating, plastic bath toys.

Despite oysters being a popular mainstay on many summer menus, the process of farming them from spat to plate-worthy is not well understood for most Australians.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The swell rolling into Southern California this week may seem enticing for surfers, but public health officials are warning people to stay out of the ocean.

On a dock overlooking a coil of Nacote Creek in Atlantic County, New Jersey, earlier this month, Stewart Farrell, director of Stockton University's Coastal Research Center, gave an impromptu master class on barrier islands, ancient geology, crab traps, coastal law, the Delaware Bayshore, and bulkheads.

A radical project to clear the world's oceans of 'plastic islands' is beginning to have an impact — through the simple act of enjoying a nice mid-priced white, red or rosé