Last week, by reviving a previous column, we identified the origins of about 50 street names, including the original river ...

Where did the name “Atlantic Ocean” actually come from? The answer leads back to ancient Greek mythology, early maps, and centuries of exploration. Long before modern geography, this ocean was ...

From the 1970s to the '90s, world famous treasure divers Mel Fisher and Kip Wagner were credited for discovering artifacts along the Treasure Coast.

Golf balls in the water? Myrtle Beach says no ...

Hovering underwater, I felt as if I were witnessing a form of planetary circulation. Nutrients moving from forest to coast, ...

Jeffrey and Jackie.  The late patriarch, worth $2 billion when he died at 92 last summer, purchased swampland in 1967 and ...

Artemis II set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo’s explorers to the moon so long ago. The handful still ...

Along the coast of Gabon, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings are fighting long odds just to reach the ocean. Artificial lights ...

After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans.

Chinese research vessels have spent years studying the world’s seafloor for ostensibly civilian purposes—but have ...