The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

Almost five years of studying the deep Atlantic in unprecedented detail has revealed 12 species new to science. The sea mosses, molluscs and corals had eluded discovery because the sea floor is so ...

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest, fastest, and most gorgeously colored of all the world’s fishes. Their torpedo-shaped, streamlined bodies are built for speed and endurance.

Fisheries has published final regulations to establish how much accidental harm is permissible to marine mammals during US ...

It was a blessedly calm day as Scott Landry’s team set out in their inflatable boat to scan the glistening waters of Great ...

Hurricane Kirk rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday, and is expected to continue to grow – as swaths of the US are still paralyzed by the damage from ...

Editor's note: Follow along here for updates about Atlantic storms on Oct. 19. Chances for the development of a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean have dropped significantly, the National ...

The Atlantic Festival will return September 19–20, 2024! Sign up here to receive updates. If you missed the festival or want to watch a session again, visit our playlist. The Atlantic Festival ...

The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news ...

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why. It's been more than a year of record-high ...

All the latest news and updates on the North Atlantic Ocean, a region of the Atlantic Ocean that lies between North and South America on the west and Europe and African on the east ...

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season now officially sits above average, as Leslie strengthens to a tropical storm, and Kirk becomes a major hurricane. Earlier in the year, NOAA had predicted an ...