During our summer road trip, we stopped in the Ocean State to tour Newport's historic mansions.

The crew of the aging ocean tramp prepared for another long voyage across the Pacific.

At the coastal museum, a panel of elders and scientists discussed ocean-lore, exploring how ancestral knowledge complements modern research.

Sailors gathered around the fire to exchange ocean lore and old navigation tips.

The Austral Ocean's remote waters hide ecosystems that researchers are only beginning to understand.

While diving near the kelp forest, I was amazed to find an enormous ocean sunfish drifting gently in the current.

Scientists study how ocean currents redistribute heat and nutrients across the world's oceans.

Geologists hypothesize that life may have originated in the mineral-rich ur-oceans of early Earth.

A group of ocean sunfishes drifted slowly as divers watched in amazement.

Scientists warned that increased ocean dumpings could devastate coastal ecosystems over the next decade.