A British island won't be celebrating Christmas until two weeks later - its residents were once among the last in the world to speak Nordic. The remote island of Foula, located in Shetland, is home to ...

Paul Gallico was just tucking into lunch when his world nearly turned upside down. It was 1937, and Gallico, a popular American sportswriter, was in the dining salon of the RMS Queen Mary, two days ...

At least a handful of Thanksgiving shoppers were disheartened when they went to prepare the holiday staple cranberry sauce last week and found their cans of Ocean Spray did not contain the sauce but ...

Major Frank Winnold Prentice opened up about the harrowing 1912 night decades later Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Titanic survivor Major Frank Winnold Prentice recounted his ...

We're used to seeing historic ocean liner interiors in black and white, but there are some stunning color images of ships from a very early period which give us a unique look at the lesser floating ...

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish and sharks have been discovered on the remote Arctic island of ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

Not-so-fun fact: our oceans hold 150 times more carbon dioxide than the Earth's atmosphere. Adding to that causes ocean acidification, which can disrupt marine food chains and reduce biodiversity.

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.

Bringing these images to life through color reveals details often lost in black and white. The expressions, textures, and surroundings feel more relatable, as though time has folded in on itself. Each ...