Not long ago, on a beach near San Francisco, a citizen scientist took his Geiger counter in hand and went for a walk.

Antartica is home to the world's largest and newest marine reserve.

Scientists on the E/V Nautilus are hoping they can analyze deep-sea water samples to identify what species of coral live in the environment.

Science lost in a government shutdown.

The whale strandings in California have been dwarfed by a record number in the Gulf of Alaska.