Auroral activity is best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, ...

The leading contenders to head NOAA include a former acting head of the agency, a Shell executive and an ex-Interior ...

Red tide, caused by the organism Karenia brevis, has been detected in 34 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast over the past week. Bloom concentrations (greater than 100,000 cells/liter) were ...

A recent series of stories published by Civil Beat, Guardians Of The Deep, took readers to the vast protected place known as ...

Explore the background of Elsayed Talaat, new president and CEO of the Universities Space Research Association.

The fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, is mourning the loss of the Miss Sandy, a 56-foot fishing boat that sank off the coast of Massachusetts. The incident began on Jan. 17 with a broken ...

By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) -- A deceased humpback whale ...

The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through its National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), has withdrawn a proposed rule aimed at amending vessel speed regulations to protect ...

This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the ...

They are the first identified mom/calf pair of the right whale season. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. Aerial survey funded by the Georgia ...