From beaches across Mexico, groups of women in diving gear who call themselves sirenas, or mermaids, are taking on the ocean’s ghosts. Starting their days at 6 a.m., they search for and remove one of ...

The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska. The ...

Australia has agreed to pay A$325 million ($244 million) for the first stage of clean-up of an abandoned oil field in the Timor Sea, and Parliament has passed legislation to slap a levy on oil ...