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Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica.

One of Jupiter's icy moons has galvanized the attention of astronomers. It appears that Europa may have what it takes to support life.

The one-in-a-billion chance it could have hit somebody on the head didn't become a reality, as the European satellite reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii.

Forecasters say most of the U.S. is set to have a hotter summer, and 2024 will be one of the five hottest years ever recorded. Meanwhile, hot water in the Atlantic means more fuel for hurricanes.

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on the second day of the Millennium Summit at the UN, where the focus is on efforts to prevent conflict, especially in Africa.

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to ensure its military does not take actions that violate the Genocide Convention, but the court did not call for a cease-fire.

In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the North Pacific, dumping 28,800 toys into the ocean. What happened to those toys led writer Donovan Hohn on a worldwide journey filled with beachcombers, oceanographers, ship captains and environmentalists.

June 3, 2018 Anna Chambers goes for a swim in the ocean and it turns into something more.

Robert talks to Larry Jackson, a project engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board, who helped reconstruct TWA Flight 800 from pieces found in the ocean after the crash. The reconstructed plane is now in a hangar in Calverton, New York, waiting to be moved to an academy where it will be used to train crash investigators.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on the MIR space station in the waning days of its 15-year journey in earth orbit. As Russia prepares to drop MIR into the Pacific Ocean next month, the satellite is prompting nostalgia for the glory days of the Soviet Union in many Russians.